The Features and Benefits of eLearning

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Hi, readers!

Today we are gonna to talk about the Features and Benefits of eLearning. This topic basically covers up the information about the functions and advantages of eLearning.

Features of eLearning

Learning is self-paced and gives lecturers and students an opportunity to speed up or slow down the process of using eLearning. Its is a self-directed functioning where it allows students to choose any content and learning tools to their different interests, needs and skill levels.

It also accommodates multiple learning styles by using a variety types of delivery methods for learners, it would be more effective to some learners. eLearning is designed to accommodates around the learners for its easy usage. It is learned that in eLearning, geographical barriers are being eliminated and opening up broader ways of education options to learners. 24 hours in 7 days accessibility of eLearning makes learners' schedule easy and allows a large number of people to get motivated on education.

eLearning offers the option of on-demand access whereby learners can learn and have a quicker access to eLearning whenever they like for education purpose or seek for sources. Learners also enable to save up some unnecessary cost of travel time and associated costs such as parking, fuel, vehicle maintenance and toll charges just to get to a bookstore or library to get sources and reading materials. Overall eLearning also be able to save up students cost and parents expenses for tuition fees, books and time. eLearning can save up time and associated costs, hence it is convenient and easy to access. It also enhance the communication and interaction process between students and lecturer throughout application provided by eLearning. It also draws upon hundreds of years of established pedagogical principles. It also attracts the most attention from major colleges and universities in the world for their most outcome online degrees, professional certificates and individual part time courses. Furthermore, it enhance learners' learning progression and computing skills.

Benefits of eLearning

There are many significant advantages lies beyond eLearning. It would be greater advantage for students to learn online. eLearning is convenient and portability as long there is a network connection. Online courses that uses eLearning are accessible based on our schedule and free time. Its is 24/7 accessibility with just few clicks. eLearning also does not require physical attendance. Besides that it is self-paced and organized which enable users to go not too slow or too fast using eLearning. Users also enable to absorb the sources and learning materials easier and comfortable due to its structure in eLearning is being organized. Users also are unbound by location and time as users can have 24/7 access and be able to study anywhere whenever there is a network connection.

Users also enable to read materials and seek for sources online and download them to be read later. Users and students also save up a large cost on associated costs. eLearning enables users to choose from a wide range of courses to meet their needs and wants such as degree courses, vocational, certified professional courses and diploma courses. Its flexibility. eLearning accommodates users' preference and needs whereby students are being centered. It is one of the option being offered in self-study online. Users also enable to skip over chapters on a reading material and focus on the particular chapter to study as eLearning enable users to find the chapter through clicks and not through flips of pages.

Do you know that eLearning is one of the act of high retention on education? It is learned that online learning enable users to draw to topics they like and enjoyed. Research shows that due to variety of delivery methods being offered in eLearning to reach different types of learners, retention is always better than studying traditional ways. eLearning creates greater collaborations, interactions and communications among students, users and lecturers. Users also enable to avoid face-to-face in order to earn skills and education (students avoid face-to-face lecturers). eLearning is just at users' fingertips with online learning and computing skills. eLearning requires computing skills and not physical skills.

Reference:

Worldwidelearn, eLearning Essentials [Online], Retrieved on Tuesday, 16th of March 2010

URL: http://www.worldwidelearn.com/elearning-essentials/elearning-benefits.htm

Japanese Learning tools

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Hi readers!

Today's topic will be a little special from our previous post. Today, we will be discussing on the Japanese learning tools.

This topic would be an advantage to those students or interested viewers who would like to master the learning of Japanese language. Why do we say so? Because today's topic gonna share about online learning on Japanese language. As we have seen that there are minority of people in the society would like to learn and master Japanese language as an additive to their life surroundings. To foreigners who would like to learn Japanese language usually as their third language preference. It would be an advantage as foreigners who master Japanese language enable to work and study in Japan.

Well, country like Japan will need a very basic requirement that is the learning of Japanese language in order to be able to work and study in Japan. It would be a compulsory. User can save cost and time on learning Japanese language as tertiary language through this link : www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/language.html. As nowadays people tend to reach to the cyber world in seconds, therefore online learning on Japanese language would be suitable for all online users.

Throughout this link, www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/language.html, it enable user or learner to learn japanese language from English to Japanese or Japanese to English. Some of the websites in the net enable user to translate Japanese language to different types of language preference for their self-understanding. Some of the language websites also provides feature such as translator, dictonaries, podcasts, and sound translator in Japanese language. For more information, user can refer to this link for further enhancement : www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/language.html

Reference

- japaneselanguagelearningtoolsonweb, Japanese-english, English-Japanese dictionaries [Online], Retrived on 2nd of March 2010
URL: http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/language.html

The Pros of e-learning

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Previously, we did discuss on what is the meaning of e-learning, types of e-learning, one of the factors which differentiate e-learning and traditional way of learning and etc but we have yet to discuss the pros and cons of e-learning.

So, today, we will be discussing on the benefits of e-learning.

What is the first point in your thought when you first think about the advantages of using e-learning?

Convenient? Time?Cost?

In our opinion, there are a lot of advantages in using e-learning but we will be highlighting on three points which are the convenience, cost and time.

Convenience

It is convenient for the students to study as they can study anywhere but with the use of electronic device for example laptops. Students can either study at home or outside during day time or night time. Students can take the learning lessons to other location. Well, of course it doesn't mean that we actually bring the classroom to other place to study but what it means is that we can study anywhere we want. We can use e-learning when we are outside like in a restaurant, provided the area has internet connection. Learning is self-paced. For those slow learners, they could pick what topic to study first as e-learning is flexible. Slow learners can go step by step and not rushing to finish the syllabus. By doing so, they could reduce their stress as no one is giving them pressure. Not only that, students can either read materials online or download them later. They could study and learn at their own pace. Students can also join discussions between their classmates and instructors in chat rooms using chat services. This benefits the students because it is convenient to just talk in the chat rooms than rather to talk on the phone. By doing so, they will get instant feedbacks.

Time

Students use e-learning to study do not have to worry transportation problem, traffic jams when they are on the way to schools, out of papers when they have to print notes in the library and so on. E-learning is where students could save the travelling fees, materials fees like papers and most importantly they could save a lot of time. Students can avoid those problems and concentrate on their studies. Moving on, e-learning provides courses which are available 24 hours. This is where students could study anytime they want. Students who have to work can always pick to study at night or day depending on the working shift.

Cost

Not only convenient and time, students could also save cost. Students could save travelling fees, materials fees like textbooks, and so on. Nowadays, studying online is common. There are a lot of e-learning websites that provide courses which meet students needs. There are websites that provide programs for Degree, Certificate and so on. As long as there are students willing to study online, there will be online tutor who will be willing to teach them. E-learning gives reasonable price which fit your budget. Moving on, deforestation is getting serious nowadays. We need to save trees in order to make our Earth greener. E-learning could save our Mother Nature as homework,teaching and assignments are all almost done online. Students will not need to buy textbooks, notebooks, or using papers to print out assignments. We could save a lot of money and at the same time we could save trees!

Do e-learning benefits only for students but not instructors?

No. E-learning could benefits both parties. Instructors which holds a Master holder or higher normally will have wide knowledge. They could share their knowledge and guide students through distance learning which is convenient for both parties. Instructors could not only share their knowledge to students but at the same time, they could also earn their own income. Not only that, instructors could also do more than one job. Beside being an online tutor, they could also do other job. By doing so, they are earning more money.

References:

- Kevin Kruse,e-learningguru,The Benefits and Drawbacks of e-learning [Online], Retrieved on Monday, 8th of February 2010

URL: http://www.e-learningguru.com/articles/art1_3.htm

- Worldwidelearn, Benefits of e-learning [Online], Retrieved on Monday, 8th of February 2010

URL: http://www.worldwidelearn.com/elearning-essentials/elearning-benefits.htm