Advantages of online learning
Online learning is gaining more popularity, as many learning institutions are adopting the system. With the technological advancements, many institutions offer accredited online-based courses with the same standards as those on-campus options making the validity rates of these programs to upsurge. Many students have enrolled in full-time online systems, while others have at least one course-integrated to their on-campus education systems (Dumford, 456). This is clear evidence of the expansion of the online system regardless of the initial skepticism. For instance, in America, the U.S Department of Education’s website provides the accreditation status of institutions whereby students can check the accreditation of their preferred institution (Panigrahi et al., 12). This discourse seeks to expound on the advantages of online learning options in the contemporary world.
Fundamentally, there are a lot of pros concerning online learning. Herein are some of the common advantages. Firstly, online learning enhances learners’ flexibility, whereby learners can juggle between school and their careers; thus, career development, since they are not constricted to a fixed schedule. For people with other commitments, online learning gives them the power to delegate their time to other commitments rather than being tied down to the traditional classroom setting where schedules are created by their tutors (Dumford, 461).
Additionally, it promotes self-paced learning, whereby one takes time to understand the content before moving to the next section. Secondly, it is cost-effective. The cost of education on its on expensive, online programs are less costly compared to the traditional on-campus setups. Partaking online learning reduces commuter and housing expenses, making online programs budget-friendly.
Thirdly, it improves virtual communication since online programmers are majorly confined to participation through discussion boards, modules or communication with the professors and tutors via email and other collaborative software programs. It improves the learner’s ability to pitch ideas increasing the virtual skills while building one’s rapport resulting from regular online interactions .furthermore, it increases the learners’ ability to think critically since it entails extensive research. Through this research, a student acquires more technical skills that will be coherent in the outside world (Dumford, 465).
Moreover, online learning improves the sense of self-discipline and responsibility; for students that take the online learning option, it requires self-motivation and time management since most times, one works under minimal supervision to beat the stipulated deadlines. Acquiring this trait comes in handy even beyond to build your resume in their career path. Additionally, online learning provides an option to select a course from a variety of courses offered. Unlike the traditional method, you are only allowed to take up the learning institution’s course. Notably, a student can opt to undertake an online course offered at an institution overseas without the distance limitation factor (Panigrahi et al., 12). Adequate documentation allows online learners to access online databases for essence discussion material, training material to make their learning process more efficient. Online learning is the future education model based on the current trend of transitions.
Conclusion
With the rapid evolution in technology, it is essential for embrace technology, the tumultuous era is far from over, despite the stereotypes associated with online learning, there are a lot of benefits posed by online learning outweighs its drawbacks. Despite the many critics questioning the integrity o of online learning, many technological advancements have emerged, for essence, the proctor techniques to monitor the learners during assessments. Change is imperative; thus, it is imperative to adopt the change and transition to the technological trends such as online learning to remain viable.
Works cited
Dumford, Amber D., and Angie L. Miller. “Online learning in higher education: exploring advantages and disadvantages for engagement.” Journal of Computing in Higher Education 30.3 (2018): 452-465.
Panigrahi, Ritanjali, Praveen Ranjan Srivastava, and Dheeraj Sharma. “Online learning: Adoption, continuance, and learning outcome—A review of literature.” International Journal of Information Management 43 (2018): 1-14.
