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Why e-Learning?
“There are two great equalisers in life - the internet and education. By combining the two, e-learning will be the great equaliser in the next century. By eliminating barriers of time, distance, and socio-economic status, individuals can now take charge of their own lifelong learning.”
John Chambers CEO of CISCO systems
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Advantages of e-Learning
• E-learning is more cost saving & cost effective than traditional learning;
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Comparison of Relative Costs
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Advantages of e-Learning
• Diminishes problems related to in-classroom teaching of audiences
• Learning times reduced, an average of 40 to 60 percent,
• Increased retention and application to the job averages an increase of 25 percent over traditional methods,
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Advantages of e-Learning
• Expert knowledge is communicated, but more importantly captured, with good e-learning and knowledge management systems.
• Access by learners to teachers and
resources, worldwide• Aiding equal opportunities
• Immediate access to information
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Advantages of e-learning
• Self-pacing • Users learn at their own pace;Learner
can control What to learn, When, Where, and How.
• It reduces stress and increases satisfaction.
• You can revise a topic as many times, fast or slow, as you like, until you understand it.
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Advantages of e-Learning
• On-demand availability• Enables students to complete training
conveniently at off-hours or from home.
• Interactivity • engages users, pushing them rather than
pulling them through training.
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Advantages of e-Learning
• E-learning encourages students to take personal responsibility for their own learning.
• Empower students to be accountable for their own study
• Helps students develop skills for self-directed learning.
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Advantages of e-Learning
• Training occurs in small parcels; a programmed instruction approach
• When learners succeed, it builds self-knowledge and self-confidence in them.
• Developing skills and confidence in handling difficult tasks and problem solving
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Advantages of e-Learning
• Flexibility• E-learning has the advantage of taking
class anytime anywhere.• E-learning delivers teaching material
and learning activities in a flexible format.
• Potential to develop tailored personalised learning resources (the adaptive curriculum).
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Advantages of e-Learning
• E-learning offers individualized instruction, which print media cannot provide, and instructor-led courses allow clumsily and at great cost.
• In conjunction with assessing needs, e-learning can target specific needs.
• Information can be displayed on a need to know basis.
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Advantages of e-Learning
• Proof of completion and certification, essential elements of training initiatives, can be automated.• By E-learning measurable assessments
can be created • Users get certificate for their learning,
not for their attendance in the training session
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Advantages of e-Learning
• Collaboration and teamwork • Making Learning Communities; • Efficiency gains through shared
endeavour
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Advantages of e-Learning
• It accommodates different types of learning styles. • By using learning style tests, e-learning
can locate and target individual learning preferences.
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Advantages of e-Learning
• More efficient training of a globally dispersed audience, by e-learning.
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Disadvantages
• Technology issues of the learners • Technophobia• Unavailability of required
technologies.• Limited access to a computer as well
as the Internet. • Required computer skills especially for
beginners;
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Disadvantages
• For beginners, it has been reported that confronting computer technology was more stressful and consumed more time at the beginning of a course.
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Disadvantages
• Feeling isolated and missing social contact
• Feeling that they communicate largely with a machine rather than other human beings
• Possible inadequate opportunity to discuss and interact with teachers
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