Online education is a learning process that takes place over the internet. It is the latest and one of the most popular forms of distance education today.
Within the few past decades it has been a major impact on further education and this trend is increasing day by day. Especially in this pandemic of covid-19 which boosted the new learning by the way of online education not only for further study but for everyone.
Online education is a form of distance learning. It can be said that it is a student centered approach where students are kept in mind for empowering as active learners instead of just observing and reproducing the information for standardized tests.
Online education and learning has become more trending and common version for adapting knowledge and freedom to study from anywhere. Due to the coronavirus pandemic online learning has become the more important aspect than ever in people's life as they have to stay home.
The estimate put by the government which has entitled to allow not only workers but also students to do their daily tasks and studies from the home comfort.
That is why it is possible to carry out these activities from anywhere with just a smartphone or a laptop. In the last decade online learning has increased drastically as the number of online courses, degrees and diploma has greatly increased.
Benefits of Online Learning:
Online learning meets the requirement of the ever increasing population of students who cannot attend the traditional classrooms. Not only this have the student learners who live far away from the remote location or who work full time and can studied only during the weekends and also to the individuals.
There are several positive factors of online education. The effectiveness of online education has changed everything due to the advancement in technology.
Learning through webinars, voice recognitions, and live examples makes online learning more interesting for the students.
Not only this online learning has the ease of monitoring the students whereas the physical class wouldn't take the note of everything that the teacher tells but in online classes the sessions are been recorded in the form of video or in the form of writing notes.
Online education has made a person's ability to connect with people around the world. We can also say that online learning is a form of self-study which is very important but it is necessary to consider that assistance from a teacher is the best way to learn and progress.
Importance of Online Education in the Covid-19 Pandemic:
The Covid-19 pandemic has tremendously affected the global economy but the tragedy is that not only economy it has also second of the educational system around the globe. This disease has pressured many colleges and schools to remain closed temporarily due to lockdowns.
The educational sector are struggling to find an alternative to deal with this demanding situation.
It made us realize that the necessity for planning and urgent need for the academic institution as there is an urgent demand for the protection and saving students, faculty and academic staff, society community and Nation as a whole from this covid-19 disease.
It can be said that online education is associated with e-learning. This e learning is considered to be e relatively less expensive mode of education. However e-learning has the accessibility, affordability, lifelong learning, and flexibility for learners.
Especially when it comes to India it still has the traditional method in the educational system for teaching whereas this online mode of learning has easily made the rural and remote area accessible and to reach out when it comes to studying in this challenging scenario.
Online learning has helped many students to learn anytime and anywhere that by enhancing new skills in the process of leading lifelong learning. Even the government has recognized the increasing necessity of online education in this dynamic world.
It is important to recognize that online teaching is no more and option but it is the necessity e and demand of time.
The pandemic has made educational institutions to go from offline mode to online mode of teaching and to accept the change of modern technology. Not only is this but the Goodwill of the educational institution on stake.
If we consider the year 2020 the importance of the educational institution was not only to provide quality education but to accept and adopt this online learning method.
The shift from offline mode to online mode required innovative solutions by the educational systems which can assist them to overcome this challenging situation.
There was a requirement to shift the online learning mode therefore various apps came into existence to solve this problem such as Google classroom, Google forms, Google drive, and other Google products and other video meeting apps such as Zoom, Meeting etc.
As we know education is the important aspect for better life but online learning has many issues with which can't be ignored. Several technical difficulties can be resolved by the way of recording video lectures checking the content and the most important thing is communication.
Communication is the best path when it comes to difficulties for reaching out the students’ problem. Online courses can be made more interesting, interactive, dynamic so that students can take participate in it actively. Professes can set time limits and reminders for the students for making them a lot and attentive.
It is necessary for the teachers to spend a lot more time in making effective and quality it is that a disease forgiving online instructions so that the learner can ask question broaden their horizon for the course which they are teaching.
Online learning platform plays an important role in bringing the educational system on the path though it has challenges for the educational institution not only in finding new technology but using it as well.
Challenges that Online Learning has:
The covid-19 pandemic has changed the educational system forever it has resulted schools shut down globally education has changed dramatically with an rapid increase through e learning thereby teaching by the teachers undertaken remotely on the digital platforms.
It has been seen that some students without the reliability of internet access the one who struggles with the technological advancement and tools struggle to participate in this digital learning especially when it comes to remote area and rural area.
Shortage of electricity and less access to internet is also one of the critical and challenging aspects of online education.
One of the studies shows that with proper and right technological access has evidenced that the learning capacity of a student is more effectively in several ways on online mode as compared to the traditional classroom method.
The family and teachers plays a supporting, important role in strengthening the online learning process. Since parents and teachers plays fundamental role in supporting the students to develop their skills and to get the most from the digital learning.
Nevertheless, online learning is the important aspect today's dynamic world and a way to make students and individuals life better.
Written by: Rakhi Sharma
Edited by: Gourav Chowdhury
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