Online education has grown incredibly in recent
years. The traditional classes still outnumber the virtual classes but
the number of online course offerings is increasing day by day. The
largest number of enrollment in online schools is at the college and
university levels, mostly because working adults and home learners have
shown an overwhelming interest in learning and development, thereby
enhancing their careers. This is due to the great flexibility and ease
of study through online mediums.
As we enter the new millennium, educators are
facing a challenge unlike any that has come before. The Worldwide Web
has completely changed the way in which we educate students. Despite
the new challenges that we continue to face every day, the primary goal
remains the same: to construct a learning environment in which the
student feels comfortable, study at their own pace and easily affords
the course. Some institutions have already taken the initiative to
incorporate online learning into their curriculum. The future of online
education will offer students an alternative to the traditional
classroom. Student will have the opportunity to enroll in online
schools, which offer all of the courses required for students to
successfully graduate from a traditional high school or a university.
One of the most prominent and recent developments
in this sector is the 100$ laptop or “1 Laptop per child” project
started by a U.S. organization to provide a learning platform for
children in developing countries. Today, online schools offering
different study programs must live with the reality that instructional
material must be delivered through low speed internet connections to
underpowered computers running unreliable software. In the future, this
will change. Institutions are working on making the online learning
experience even more vivid and for that groundbreaking technologies
have been introduced in present years. The coming years will see more
and more innovation in this technology, 3D glasses are no longer just
for entertainment. Future programs include embedding complete courses
in them so students can have an up close learning experience.
A number of online institutions have provided
students with simulation programs that recreate real-environment
scenarios to student to act as decision makers. This is a great help
for students of business and management whose work depend heavily on
interaction with people. PDA’s or hand-held devices made solely for
learning are in constant development and they will become a good
contribution to learning for students who don’t have any access to
education. These devices will have courses, books, instructions in the
easiest possible form for students. AIU is one such online institution
which is already distributing course material on mobile phones through
Pod casts.
U.S., UK and Canadian education sectors are
already working on combining their complete academic infrastructure on
one single digital platform. The platform could herald a digital
academic revolution that would spread education to every nook and
cranny of the world without any obstacles in its way. Education
technology of the future will include more multimedia backed
interactivity that will introduce students to a whole new and fresh
concept of online classrooms that will not only be dynamic and engaging
but also an active learning experience.
Already, traditional universities around the world have
started using laptops and mobile mediums of education as a secondary
option for students’ learning and development. But in the case of online
education Internet and multimedia supported interactivity has been the
primary medium and it is only increasing with more personalized
teaching methods being incorporated in the future mode of this
education. Curriculum and teaching methods will be customized for each
student allowing even more flexibility in education. This means that
students will not only have the liberty to decide how and when they
want to study, but they will also be able to customize the study
programs and course structures themselves.
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