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Advantages Of E-Education

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According to Gail Grimes and Claude Whitmyer(2009); E-education is the application of Internet based approach for the deliverance of learning experiences through primary tools such as e-mails, e-meetings, e-expeditions and the methodologies of teaching and learning; therefore referred as E-learning. E-education takes place multiplicity in formal electronic lecture rooms, on corporate intranets for on-time coaching, audio and video group discussion and in various alternative technologies mediated learning areas. And the delivery of information occurs through internet, intranet/extranet, interactive TV, CD-ROM, satellite broadcast, audio- and videotape (Paulsen, 2002). E-education is also referred to as virtual education; web-based …show more content…

Whereas, online learning has the advantage of learning from distant places and also could cater to learners from disadvantaged locations with easy transfer of information through internet and mails which provides a convenient means for the learners who cannot afford to classroom learning, to communicate and interact with the teachers. However, online learning cannot be a complete replacement to traditional learning. Users/learners would just lean on these easily available tools and the rewiring of brain for critical analysis might get effected in a long run and influence further generations genetically. If in case learners totally rely on the modern educational tools, then the classroom teaching may not exist. As a result there will be unemployment to the good qualified and potential teachers. Additionally, there might be the pressure to change the whole educational system, as the students/ learners get information

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