What is E-Learning? Advantages & Disadvantages

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What is E-Learning?
Advantages Disadvantages


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• Boredom and Solitude are the enemies of all
  learning methods, but even more for e-Learning.
  Lieve Weymeis

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The Word E-Learning

• If you dissect the word into two e and
  learning
• Learning simply depicts to acquire new skills
  to enhance knowledge. For learning, we usually
  send our children to schools colleges, right?
• When the prefix e is added to it, the boundary
  of learning goes global, which means, your
  children are no longer bound by the 4 walls of
  the classroom. They can acquire knowledge from
  anywhere and at any time by getting connected via
  the internet edTech tools.
• Thus, e-learning removes the barriers of
  distance, time, and location from education.

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Where my reason, imagination or interest were
not engaged, I would not or I could not learn.
Winston Churchill
The Difference E-Learning Vs Traditional Learning

• E-Learning

• Traditional Learning

• On Virtual Platforms
• Independent, self-directed and self-paced
  learning
• Flexible
• Economical

• Needs Classroom
• Peer-pressured and teacher-driven learning
• Fixed
• Costly

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How To Get Started with E-Learning?

• Kids just need an efficient edTech tool which
  could be a web or mobile-based app, to continue
  their studies via e-learning platform!

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E-Learning Helps Teachers in

• Analyze Design Teachers can analyze and design
  curriculum as per the requirements of students.
  Also can emphasize on syllabus which would
  improve the student's learning outcomes.
• Plan Schedule With E-learning platform faculty
  has the provision of uploading the lecture-wise
  teaching plan. It would ensure completing the
  curriculum on time.
• Arrange Teachers can decide the time date of
  online classes or teaching sessions and
  coordinate with other faculty members then come
  up with a timetable that would suit the best.

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E-Learning Helps Teachers in

• Sharing E-Content Teachers can share video
  lessons, e-notes, and study materials online in
  various formats such as doc, audio, and PDFs.
• Monitor Evaluate Teachers can track student
  attendance and evaluate them for further
  assessment process.
• Online Exams With e-learning software,
  institutes can arrange conduct online exams.
  Also, easily tabulate display the results
  online.
• In a nutshell - You dont need to panic about
  your kids future!

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Advantages of e-Learning

• Flexible
• Unlimited access to course content
• Content can be easily updated
• Scalable
• Self-paced learning
• Saves time and money commute, infrastructure,
  course material, etc.
• Eco-friendly

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Disadvantages of E-Learning

• Impersonal - absence of face-to-face interaction
  and human contact
• Requires tremendous self-discipline
• Inadequate feedback from students
• Teamwork and collaboration less evident
• Could lead to plagiarism and use of unfair
  practices
• Over-dependence on technology/internet

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Common e-Learning Software

• Authoring Tools Create and Publish Multimedia
  Course Content
• Learning Management Systems Track learner
  progress and performance
• Content Management Systems Track and Manage
  Content
• Learning Content Management Systems A
  combination of LMS and CMS
• Programming Languages Create basic course
  content with HTML. Elements such as Flash and
  Javascript need to be added to make the course
  interactive.

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Choosing e-Learning Software? Answer these
questions first

• What are the learning objectives and needs of
  your institution?
• What features would help you the most in
  achieving these objectives?
• How techno-savvy are your faculty and students?
• Is the software easily scalable?
• Can the features and content be easily upgraded?
• Will you need technical support to implement and
  maintain the software?

See the next slides for some possible answers
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Some possible answers!I may need

• What are the learning objectives and needs of
  your institution?
• Ans A blend of online assessments and video
  presentations OR more conversational course
  content OR to share resources in all formats.
• What features would help you the most in
  achieving these objectives?
• Ans Software that allows me to share resources,
  send emails, prepare PPTs, work in real time/work
  offline
• How techno-savvy are your faculty and students?
• Ans Nothing too complex. My students are
  techno-savvy, but some of the senior teachers are
  averse to technology.

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Some possible answers!I may need

• Is the software easily scalable?
• Ans To accommodate 20 more students next year.
• Can the features and content be easily upgraded?
• Ans To incorporate some more topics in social
  science next year, and add some descriptive
  online assessments to the computer-based
  summative assessments.
• Will you need technical support to implement and
  maintain the software?
• Ans A software technician on call, if there is a
  hitch.

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E-Learning Do It Your Way
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