6 : How does e-learning help?

Take a look at this first !!!



How does a classroom with e-learning aids look like?

It will definitely be tech-savvy!

With interactive boards or screen replacing the old dusty chalkboards or whiteboards. Which is definitely cleaner. It will also be more environmentally-friendly. This is because no resources are going to be used for the traditional way of teaching through chalks or markers or dusters to clean the boards. This way it will be resource saving and cleaner than the traditional classrooms, thus making it more conducive for the students.

For the lecturer, it is definitely time saving. This is because they can conveniently type down ideas given by students in the classrooms and post them online straight away, in front of the whole class. Also, we can forgo the usual printing of notes and save TREES!

Similarly, it can better enhance learning experience. As a matter of fact, different people are of different learning styles. Therefore, with technology playing a part in teaching in a classroom, it can create visual or audio experience for the students, especially for kids who lives in the city and rarely sees some sort of anumals. For example:



This is an actual video that was being used in the childcare center that i used to volunteered in. I find this very beneficial because the young kids are able to have a clearer picture of the animals while embedding the sound that the animals make with both the visual and audio cues provided through e-learning.

Here is another example:


With e-learning, such abstract ideas are more easily convey to the students who watch these video. As studies have proven, with graphical aids, students are able to absorb better. Therefore, such e-learning aids are definitely going to be more popular as time pass, especially when used in explaining abstract ideas which will become more complicated and messy if one was to draw it to his/her student.

Interactive. Students are able to do visual tests on the spot or go to discussion forums to post questions /answers. This provide a platform for students who might be fearful of public speaking or simply just too shy to ask questions or provide answers in the usual classroom settings to get a chance to do so. Teachers can also conveniently read from such forums to discuss/gauge/highlight important points that was not mention in the lesson. Plus, usually after completely comprehend or re-read the text, students will usually have a better understanding or able to come up with more questions, thus these forums act as a delayed Q&A session for the students if they have any doubts regarding materials covered in class.

To conclude:

I prefer the introduction of  electronic tools in classes. However, being used to traditional classroom settings, I am definitely happier if more of the class is still using the traditional tools and less on the electronic tools. In addition, I also prefer teachers to google less and teach the content more of their own personal experience. This is because we are already google-ing for whatever information we want, however, if teachers are able to relate better to their own experiences with any theories they are teaching, that will be something I will not find online.