It has become very common these days to hear slogans such "we now live in the digital age" and "we are now in the information society". This is so, and the exponential growth in the development of Internet and communication technologies have changed forever how we interact with each other and also how life is conducted in many ways... and this is just the beginning.
New technologies have been used increasingly in education and training and the area of distance learning has benefited to a great degree by this process. This is because in the early days, distance learning was almost exclusively by correspondence. As s result of this time lapse in communication between teachers and students, the validity and efficiency of correspondence courses were questioned. Nowadays the Internet combines VOIP technologies for real time telephony, online libraries, chat rooms and online forums to create an atmosphere much like a classroom. Thus allowing direct exchange between teachers and students and among students themselves where doubts can be voiced, questions answered and academic debates can be triggered, monitored and moderated. This has lifted the basic limitations on correspondence courses and has made the online learning process a very dynamic one.
The technology available today makes taking an online education degree a natural option for someone that wishes to try something new, or for someone who finds going to school for lectures to be inconvenient because of work, or family commitments. Online education degrees can be taken in many different fields. Searching for the right institution in terms of cost, teaching methods and quality of education will yield a lot of online schools for you to scrutinize. In the application process make sure that you check the accreditation status of the university and look for former students to check for student satisfaction. These will help guide you to a standard and reputable institution that will provide you with a good learning experience and a valid degree at the end of the process.
Deepa Singh
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