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Everything’s going the “e” way today – from the way we communicate to the way we learn, computers are taking over every aspect of our lives. The rapid advances being made in the world of technology have revolutionized the world of education and brought about many unconventional, yet convenient changes. We are more dependent on bits and bytes today than books and paper, and unless something dramatic happens to wipe out technology forever, there’s no going back to the way things used to be.
More and more people are taking to e-learning nowadays – from children in regular classrooms who use e-learning to augment their face-to-face lessons to adults who learn how to use the Internet and computers to facilitate their back to school efforts, e-learning is making inroads into every aspect of education. And from the look of things, the future looks bright for this method of learning because it keeps morphing from one form to another fluidly and in a timely manner.
The biggest boost for e-learning comes in the form of mobile technology – with more and more mobile devices coming out each day, each with its own sophisticated functionality, it is now possible to learn on the go. Lessons and lectures are pushed to your smartphone or other mobile device, and you can use any free time you have to go through them and stay up to date with your coursework. The other advantage of mobile learning is that it facilitates user-driven knowledge – when you’re connected to the web via your phone, information and knowledge is just a heartbeat away, no matter where you are.
And then there’s social learning – it facilitates a powerful learning experience through online communities and networks where learners co-create, collaborate and share knowledge; they learn and teach simultaneously. Social learning is becoming immensely popular these days, and even though it may be not be accepted as a formal learning methodology, it is one of the best ways to pick up skills that help you utilize information for analysis and decision making.
E-learning in traditional classrooms is still on the fringe, and for it to become fully integrated with mainstream academia, teachers and educators have to gain a whole new skill set and adopt a completely different mentality that allows them to support and promote learning through technology. It’s not something that’s going to happen overnight, yet the prospects exist for it to get there slowly and steadily.
While the acceptability of e-learning is low in the professional world where employers still prefer degrees from traditional colleges, it is rapidly gaining popularity in the sphere of corporate training. More and more companies are going the e-learning way to train their employees and bring them up to speed with the way things are done around their offices. E-learning allows them to bring into effect just-in-time learning, a methodology that imparts just the right kind of knowledge, at the right time and the right place.
The prospects of e-learning look bright, and as long as technology continues to advance, e-learning too will move forward on a proportional level.
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“You’re creating a site… why exactly?“
“I am a Phoenix.” You’ve seen the billboards, now meet the man… Mark Davies.
I started onlinemastersdegree.org in 2010 as a non-profit site after people continually asked me about what my experience with attending an online college for obtaining my masters degree was actually like. A lot was positive, some not so much, but I found people were so intrigued with talking to someone who had actually gone through the process of selecting and attending an online masters program that I would create this website.
“And What Are You Trying to Accomplish?“
This site is very much a continuing work, but it aims to be an informative and unbiased resource that prospective masters degree students can use to learn about their options when it comes to online masters degree programs and have a greater ability to make the right choice for them.
“Well I’ve got some ideas for you!“
I’m trying to get the word about about the site, and so far, I’ve gotten a bit of positive feedback which has been helpful in giving me ideas for future growth, so I encourage you, if you have any comments – positive or negative – to email me at: info-at-onlinemastersdegree-dot-org.
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