Showing posts with label ICSE. Show all posts
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Online Class: Self Paced, Convenient And Real Time Teachers Help

Students prefer studying with teachers after the school hours to get their queries solved. But availability of good teachers and that too at one’s convenience has always remained a problem for them. Even parents who are busy in their job are not able to properly guide their kids. They don’t have enough time to take their child to tuition centres and remain assure of their safety when they are not at home.


But with the advent of Internet that helps one to accomplish anything online, availability of teachers help online has come into existence in the form of Online Classes. It is an online interacting platform that enables a student to study with teachers in real time beyond the boundaries of school.


Online classes are driven by White Board technology where student and teacher interact with each other through text/voice chat and video content. Be it a student of Class VI or Class XII or a college, Online Classes has proved beneficial for every one. A student can log in to the online classes and engage actively with the subject experts in real time.


Benefits of Online Class

1:- Flexibility in the schedule of the class is one of its qualities that set it apart from regular tuition classes. Students can schedule the class at their pace and convenience, once they reach home.

2:- Students have an option to select a subject or chapter in which they require help from online teacher unlike private tuitions where they don’t get this opportunity.

3:- Attending classes from the comfort of home is one of the foremost benefits of online class. It proves more beneficial during exam time when students generally run short of time and do not wish to exert in travelling to tuition centres.

4:- Online teachers interact with students, understand their learning style and teach them accordingly so that they can understand the topic effortlessly.

5:- Students who are hesitant in putting forward their queries feel comfortable in asking any question in online class, be it even a basic concept. Here they remain assure that the conversation is only in between them and the teacher.

6:- It helps a student to study with teachers from any part of the world and thus gain more knowledge on any specific topic.

The websites that provide online classes also make sure that the online tutors abide by the NCERT curriculum and be of help to students of different boards viz. CBSE, ICSE or any other. Teacher’s help in doing the homework is also another facet of online classes, where subject experts help the students in completing the homework. Moreover, availability of abundant interactive study modules that online tutors use while explaining the concept makes learning more interesting and effortless. Internet being an important communicative tool in any occupation has thus left an indelible imprint on learning process through online classes.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

E Learning- Technology Blended with Education

In todays fast pace world when time is becoming a critical factor, the pattern of learning is also undergoing major transformation. Populace want and need to learn according to their schedule, anytime, anywhere, so learning must be available on a 24x7 clock, with just-in-time delivery to the office, home and holiday spots. In this context information technology has emerged as a revolutionary vehicle, giving rise to inventive mode of learning, e Learning. Any learning that utilizes a network (LAN, WAN or Internet) for delivery, interaction, or facilitation and the medium of instruction in computer is e Learning or Electronic Learning.


E Learning is an umbrella term that includes distributed learning, online education, Computer Based Training (CBT) delivered over a network, and Web Based Training (WBT). As e Learning is self-paced, hands-on learning, it endows with very rich learning experience that can even surpass the level of education one might experience in a crowded classroom. It can be synchronous, asynchronous, instructor-led or computer-based or a combination of both.


Coupled with the communicative powers of technology, today e Learning has influenced different facets of education & training. It is now used, as an option by companies for training, disseminating information and other information management needs for their employees. By using this mode of instruction, companies can save millions of dollars in education and training their employees.


Although used for various purposes, e Learning is one of the most promising innovations to improve classroom teaching and learning after the school hours. E Learning permits teachers to develop study materials using the worldwide resources of the Web and communicate information in a more engaging fashion. Availability of wide-range of texts, diagrams and images with video and sound, including virtual reality technology makes teaching an interesting and effective process that holds the interest of students in the classroom.


As learning is a continuous, cultural process, so access and opportunities to learn should be available to students in real time after the school hours. e Learning fosters self paced learning whereby students can access the study support round the clock at their pace and convenience. A real time study support to students through subject experts via Virtual Classes further solve the queries of students and make them more proficient in the subject. It is highly appreciated by the teachers and students for its economic value as it eliminates the travel time and costs without compromising the quality and requirements.


Amidst all such benefits, e Learning has a major pitfall, viz. lack of face-to-face interaction between the students and the professor. But the quality education at economic cost available as per the convenience and flexibility of learners conceal the snag in e Learning and makes it a foremost choice of today’s knowledge driven generation.