Elearning is only slightly different from the traditional kind of learning. Of course, elearning tools can make this mode more convenient for both the student and the teacher. The danger of course, is that it is too convenient that it makes people lazy. It can be boring or ineffective if not handled properly. So here are a few ideas that would improve the effectiveness of elearning for everyone.
Creating Connections between the Lesson and the Real Life
The thing that elearning lacks most of the time is a connection between the lesson and the personal world or experiences of the student. This is because elearning distances the teacher from the student. This is after all the teacher’s job. But this does not mean that it cannot be done in elearning. Perhaps the best way for such an element to be inserted into the electronic module is by use of vivid examples that would most likely connect with your students or trainees. If the course is about customer management for example, getting short, real testimonials from those who have had experiences with such matters will be a great addition.
Challenge the Learners
Elearning should not be spoon-feeding. Most of the time, teachers or trainers simply insert the same Powerpoint presentation slides into the elearning tools and call it a day. This is a wrong practice. Of course Powerpoint slides will always have a great application to teaching. But elearning is not about just slides. It will just be like reading without any interactive element. That is why it is also a great idea to keep things interesting by creating games and integrating these games into quizzes that will challenge the learners about the lessons they have learned. Also, only giving the learners all the facts and then testing them later on by asking what those facts were is nothing more than a memory exercise. One should not just give the learners simple boring quizzes. Make sure to engage them with thought-provoking questions that will force them to really make use of the knowledge they have learned. Read more...
Education is one of the most beneficial resources for everyone life that always you need. It helps you to step forward in life and reach the goal. Most of the people desire to learn some specific type of software or subject for achieving goal or for better career. But they don’t have time for classroom commitments and some people consider that spending their money in any local college or university is waste. Many of them discard their education due to various troubles. Therefore how they get their education and how to achieve their goal? Is there any alternate way to purse their education? Elearning is the best way that acts as an enough to complete your education and improve knowledge without going away from your home. In recent years elearning hit tremendous popularity among the people.
Elearning is an effective teaching method for learners and trainers. Many leading organization can offer huge service in providing training for employees through elearning. Learners can use elearning as convenient way for learning while working in office or managing a family. You can study in your own time, own style and in favorite place. Fix your time and complete your course, but no one can force you to complete in an assigned schedule.
Elearning delivers the content with the combination of various multimedia elements like video, audio and text. Main advantage is; studying cost is very low through elearning while compared to traditional classroom learning. On the other hand you can save lot of time.
Content is the king and it is very essential part of elearning. Many elearning companies offer learning content for k-12 schools and business organization. Elearning companies become popular among the people, by providing valuable content. Elearning technology plays an important role in education and content management. There is a lot of learning content available in the web. Before engaging into elearning companies, better check whether they have good subject expertise and provide quality content. Read more...
The people and the companies who ignore this fundamental business reality have and will lose huge amount of time and money. Today, IBM could have been in a position where they controlled the whole personal computer business (Microsoft plus Apple plus more). They lost the crucial first mover advantage to Apple. By the time they came to their nerves, Steve Jobs had got them labeled as uncreative, near-sighted, bureaucratic company and reduced them to a wannabe in PC business. From being the top company in technology business for about 50 years, IBM came to a near bankruptcy in early 1990s. Luckily, IBM got a second chance in 1990s when internet started to pick up lot of traction. And this time IBM did not screwed up. Under Louis V. Gerstner, IBM refocused its strategy that brought it back from brink of disaster.
Every age has a rage, for this age it is Internet. No matter what business you are in, internet is making everybody change. The bottom line is either you change with it and use it to your benefit or you will be eliminated from the business. As with any major technology, Internet has some issues too. Bernard Howe shows pros and cons of internet beautifully in his poem titled (no surprises here) – “The Internet”.
The internet is, a fountain of information.
its available to everyone, in every nation.
Pages for children to read and enjoy
along with the spam which can really annoy.
Poetry and forums for everyone’s pleasure
just about anything, even selling your treasure.
Its even used everyday in our schools
it has lots of help and good learning tools.
Ethics are used by those who do care
and often free help with things we do share.
Friendships has spread all over the earth
I even made a friend who lives way down in Perth.
I enjoy it so much, I think I’m addicted
I think I was warned, as this was predicted. Read more...
No matter if you are a tutor, a small or a large training company, a school or a multinational corporation – eLecta Live and its range of products offer you the best user experience in the sphere of real time remote training and meeting.
Finally you have the chance to change your former and less- effective communication, collaboration and teaching approaches. Reach your students, colleagues and employees in a new, more optimized way. Engage the most qualified presenters, trainers and unlimited number of learners from all over the world. Get things done faster and better! Save your time and money… choose the smarter way!
The advanced eLearning solutions developed by eLecta Live consists of two parts – a web based Event Center and one or more virtual classrooms.
The web event center is a powerful web based applications accessible from your web browser that allows you to create Student and Moderator accounts, arrange meetings, schedule events, send email invitations. Each of your students/users has a personal calendar of events and personal folders for offline data exchange (for example homework, textbooks and etc.)
Individual attendance permissions can be assigned to each of your students and presenters.The session leaders and the participants join the live sessions either from their web browsers identifying with a username/password or from an email invitation. With the wide variety of valuable options that the Web event center offers you may control the students’ access and guarantee their privacy as well.
Along with the English language the Web Event Center is also available in Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Greek, French, Bulgarian, German, Polish, as more languages are on the way. Read more...
My nephew recently decided that he would like to enlist in the armed services and joined up with the Navy. However, he also wanted to continue his education and work towards his degree in computer science which he had started a few years back. At first he was unsure if he would be able to work on his degree because the college he had attended required that classes be taken on campus. That is when he discovered distance learning through our local state University.
Distance learning is the process by which he can continue to take classes during his enlistment in the Navy from anywhere in the world. As long as he has access to a computer and email he can participate in online classes, take his exams online and discuss problems and topics with fellow classmates and the teacher in an online forum. It was an excellent solution for my nephew, and elearning may be an excellent solution for you as well.
Education is the key to success, but with our busy lives and families none of really has the time or financial ability to stop working and go back to college full-time. It seemed the only opportunities for many people to further their education for the longest time was to take night classes which could drag out a degree for years because of the infrequency of classes offered through such programs. However, today many colleges and Universities are offering distance learning and e-learning programs to help those who live in the same town, or thousands of miles away, to earn their degree without ever sitting foot in a classroom. Read more...
