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E-learning is basically for teachers to take the advantages of internet revolution in sharing information with others and communication as well. Nowadays, students are expecting too much. They expect the teaching to be both academic and administrative services with interactive learning between students and instructors. Now, in Malaysia's secondary schools, instructors start to use high technology machines of Information Communication Technology (ICT) as a teaching and learning tools. E-learning training is usually self-paced. In secondary schools, e-learning is where there is high interactivity between students and instructors. Students can access to e-learning anytime and anywhere. Students that live in the rural areas will also have the opportunity to use e-learning as computers and internet are not easily found and available in this kind of area. Students have to depend on the facilities at school provided by the government. There is limited access in the rural area as the area is not developing that much.
Besides, nowadays, students could access to internet in the library. Students can revise their homework with the use of computers in the library. Students can always find updated information in the internet as content is always updated. Instructors can easily update and delete the information anytime. With this, students will always have the latest and updated information. It creates interesting and fun environment of learn and teach between instructors and students. Students can easily download notes, tutorials questions, test questions and exam questions via e-learning. The materials can be accessed as long as the owner allows the students to access to the system to download it.
Since e-learning is also a web-based learning, it provides easier way of learning for the students. Students can use e-learning anytime. They can do their revisions online and send their assignments through e-mail to their instructors. Instructors won't be available all the time but if the e-mail is sent to the instructor's mailbox, the maill will not get lost unless instructors had deleted the mail. Instructors will read the mail when they are free. E-learning helps to lighten up instructor burdens. Instructors can create interesting presentation to make students to learn in a fun way so that it is not boring. By doing so, students in the rural areas could lead the life like other students in the town area. Although they live in the rural areas, they can still engage to the Information Communication Technology (ICT) system. This help the education system in Malaysia to be better.
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