E-Education

Introduction:

E-education combines all forms of electronic learning and teaching. It serves everybody and resolves a lot of social problems, spreads knowledge and different learning experiences among the whole world. By using and implementing the technology that is developing every day.

Part1:(early history)

It’s very surprising to know that online education or any materials offered over the Internet that provides instruction has been used by students long before computers became popular. Scientists first created a classroom linked with computer terminals in the 1960s.but that was not the real start the start of widespread e-learning, as it began in earnest in the 1980s. “In fact, the concept and practice of distance learning predates the computer area by almost 100 years” (Aranda ,2007). At that time corporations and companies started using computer programs to train their new employees, but the technology was very limited at that time. The invention of the Internet helped spread the practice efficiently. However, the first method of online education was not efficient as it is today.

Part 2: (development)

Between the mid-1990s and the year 2000, computer technology and the Internet grew at a rapid pace. Students can now access not only text books, but also images and videos that can be uploaded by the instructor.Multimedia changed the way we use the Internet by using microphones and video cameras. All this helped students access materials and communicate with their instructors in so many of different ways. It’s also possible to have a live feed class that can makes you feel that you are there with the teacher. Moreover the student can deliver and submit his assignments by email without the need to print it or go to the class to submit it.

Part 3 : (modern development )

These days e-education has exceeded new levels and developed in so many ways .It’s as easy as clicking a button to find unlimited learning clips that teaches you how to do anything on sites such as YouTube. In addition, almost every college in the whole word uses e-education in some way, either in searching for libraries resources or tutoring online like we have in our college, via Blackboard Vista or using online exams. These take less time to correct than many other forms of manual marking and are 25% cheaper to administrate. Not only that, in UAE there is also universities that work only with online system education, like Hamdan University in Dubai. However, IT is going to increase and all aspects of life will use it more and more from smart phones to washing machines.

Conclusion :-

In my opinion I think that online education will keep developing along with the development of technology .However, everything has its advantages and disadvantages and that depends on the way we use the material and on the person himself and how he can use this tool. Blended learning uses a combination of e learning and face-to-face instruction so this incorporates the best of both worlds. However, learning styles vary from person to person and so do teaching styles. Some people react badly to e-learning and think that education is already a difficult process without adding another dimension to information seeking behavior.

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