'The Case of Online Learning\r'

'Students go to schools to learn. by dint of their drill on their textbooks, the inputs from the teacher, and their fundamental moveions with other kids, encyclopedism is facilitated, even en up to(p)d in handed-down schools. The public school system is likewise built upon the nonion that in that respect is direct interaction between and among the teacher and the students for the impartation and facilitation of larn. With the growth of the Internet, some(prenominal) applications have been developed to cater to the needs of wad who indispensability to news report on their own step from the comforts of their home or wherever they want to study.As such(prenominal), there be now a plentifulness of online culture programs designed to facilitate the attainment in online environss. As a testimony to the growth of online larn, there be now more than 3. 5 one thousand thousand students who argon participating in various online breeding platforms (National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, 2000). Some of these platforms serve to reenforce the interactions of teachers and students in addition to sectionalisationroom interactions. There ar as well as companies that offer complete online degrees, thus deviating from the public method of fleshroom information.Institutions of higher accomplishment in the United States, Europe and elsewhere in the world, are now offering online classes. According to a study of several academic leaders, it appears that students are satisfied with the results of online larn as much as with the tralatitious learning contexts. As it stands now, most of the institutions offering online learning are those that are for-profit. This is perchance due to the high be associated with maintaining the systems and personnel needed for the online learning classes. Perhaps when the be of the system decrease, more institutions whitethorn offer online classes.It thunder mugnot be denied though that online learning programs ar e on the rise. Post-graduate degrees, particularly, are utilizing online learning programs (Nagy, 2005, p. 80). This paper jar againstks to look into the online learning phenomenon, the divers(prenominal) issues arising from it and the way in online learning differs from handed-down schools. attached the differences in approach, it would be necessary to analyze online learning and look at the areas where it deeds best and at the areas where it is not very effective. In comparison with traditional schools, there are marked differences in online learning settings.In the first place, students and teachers are no longer â€Å"strong-armly baffle” to conduct the learning sessions and discuss about issues and concerns regarding incompatible topics at hand. The level of intervention has been transferred from physical presence to virtual presence. Moreover, students and teachers alike send word no longer see each other. Hence, they can no longer swan on visual and clay cl ues whether they understood each other or not. The interaction tends to be limited to online interactions, which are largely drive by text and written communication.The Basics of Online learn Online learning is a high technology sportsman of distance learning by means of correspondence, which have been apply by schools and educational institutions prior to the Internet’s widespread use and popularity. With online learning, there is a flesh of technology being utilise to facilitate the learning operation. There are multi-media applications and presentation easy through a CD-ROM or through a secure website, emails, blogs, wiki, twaddle, as well as podcasts and discussion boards among others being used for this purpose.Most of the time, these tools and equipment are used unitedly to help maximize the learning process for the student. The frequent approach in online learning is the establishment of a Virtual Learning Environment, which has a particular resistant of u ser interface so that the student can navigate through the system more easily. A number of universities are now offering online college degrees in addition to the degrees being offered through the traditional programs that they have. Online security measure programs are to a fault widely available.In addition to traditional schools and online classes, a lot of universities are also utilize the Internet to provide advice to students, counsel them, and make books and resources available to students wherever they may be (Salmon, 2000, p. 27). There is a trend towards blended learning, in which traditional classroom instruction and online learning are blended together. Through this approach, students are able to maximize their time during the class sessions and they also make use of multimedia to point polar topics in their online classes.Usually, online learning boosts the student’s learning capabilities or help them do something specific. The multimedia content may have inf ormation just or in some cases, the multimedia applications also require the student to perform some activities or tasks related to the lessons being studied (Salmon, 2000, p. 31). Pedagogical Approaches used in Online Learning Online learning is similar to traditional schools in that it still has to use the pedagogical approaches although there are differences in the way that these approaches are utilise to online learning.In the first place, the instructional design for online learning is also developed by an educator based on the curriculum being followed by the online course. The social constructivist training is also applied to online learning. Through the several(predicate) expert tools available, the students and the teachers can collaborate together in different online activities. Through the use of forums, and other interactive tools such as blogs, the students and the teacher alike are able to create content for themselves and for the benefit of the whole class (Lambr opoulos & Zaphiris, 2007, p.106). There is also a colloquial model described by Salmon (2000, p. 24), which works best in online discussion forums occurring online. Through the online conversations and collaborations, online students can also develop the cognitive aspect of learning since the senses and the brain coordinates well in doing the online learning. Their learning process though is slightly modified because of the different built in bed in online learning. Yet, the emotions of students are also engaged in the process of learning online (Areskog, 1995, p. 37).The problematicaly, however, is that detecting these emotions are not automatic and the teacher and students may have to rely on word clues as to the emotional tell apart of a student. After all, nobody can see a person be affected emotionally through the texts being written in chat boxes. Truly, the realm of the physical is no longer present in online learning environments. The behavior of students in online l earning environments is also a little more difficult to measure and gauge as they are not able to make a presentation in front of the whole class or collar the stare of the teacher.If a student is bored during an online class, the teacher has no clue whatsoever except perhaps the lack of paragraphs and sentences being communicated by the student. Perhaps, the teacher or facilitator may be able to detect a bored and sleepy student if he makes an irrelevant remark. The context of online learning is also very different from traditional schools. At least, in traditional schools, students may be able to enjoy the full environment of the academeâ€the library, the laboratories, as well as interactions with different teachers and students.This is lacking in the online learning environment. True, the student may have additional learning opportunities online but the experience of being in an academe is still different. Although this is the case, online learning should enable a student t o still interact with other people and help them embark on a joint pursuit of learning and husking of knowledge. Likewise, the pressure emanating from other students is also important in the learning process.\r\n'