8 Things That You Should Know About Online Education

Now, there are many perspectives on the mass media for online learning problems. Depending on what you read, online education can appear as a miraculous remedy such ailments. In an effort, I will list the 8 fact to prove of online education that you need to know.

The learning has been available for a long time Since 1986, when the first online course is an academy (by John F. Kennedy University in California, USA), it has grown exponentially. Today, one third of the total 21 million students, who are registered in the US, are some or all of the online courses. One study lasted 11 conducted by the Babson Survey Research Group organization had shown over 7 million students in school to learn online in 2013.

1. Results of online learning is more than traditional learning
   In 30 years of research, the US Department of Education has not found any evidence of online learning, which is of poor quality compared to results obtained from a traditional classroom. Unfortunately, people have preached about the “convenience” of online learning in the long run lead to more people believe it means “easy”, but this is really not accurate. Online courses may be more or less strict depending on faculty development course and the appreciation of the educational organization. At the same time, the advances in information technology, now, makes it possible to provide more rigorous courses that do not “feel” difficult, because the design of the course and support features can integrated directly. For example, one unit provides online courses Excelsior College is seeking to resolve the fact that its students, as well as most of the students in general are living in fear of any what about the number. Therefore Excelsior has developed the access unit of Khan Academycho tutorial courses are required. And Do the results like? Both scores and course completion rates are increased without reducing the difficulty of the lesson content.
   
2.  Another important thing should also be noted that the online learning is “anytime, anywhere”; it allows students to learn the maximum available, which contradicts with the traditional style with time and space fixed. The use of new adaptive technologies makes it possible to combine the learning styles of students in the organization and provision of guidance. With such features, the reason is given that online learning can overcome the traditional classroom for students with certain subjects.
   
3. Learning online is increasingly widespread
   Now, 80 percent of organizations and universities are offering online access. This includes leading universities such as Harvard University, University of California – Berkeley and the University of Chicago
   
4. Do not have single form of online learning
   The learning format have to pass the original texting “the courses by e-mail” to send the multimedia services, which are interactive high features and access to the internal link in addition, the animation and the high-quality simulation.
   However, most of the currently provides being offered, especially by public organizations, it is the most simple level. For those who can afford to make more sophisticated version, the current course they are a higher completion rates and learning outcomes are better. For example, the Excelsior College School spends for more than $ 100,000 dollars (over 2 billion VND) for each course to support the online version of the training program, which is associated with nursing. Course completion rates are over 96 percent with increasing demand.
   However, the amount of the budget of most organizations for a 3-credit courses (three-credit-hour) normally is $ 10,000 – $ 20,000 dollars (about 200-400 million VND), the results often create a less interactive products, unattractive and are not appealing. These disadvantages lead to a dropout high rate of the students.
   
5. The MOOC site is not the example in high quality online teaching
   Contrary to the perception that are created by the media, the main benefits of Massive Open Online Courses ‘(MOOCs’) for students, which are studying their results without their prices. The fact that “great courses” may be given by prestigious universities including MIT, Harvard and Stanford has led some people to have invented a new form of online learning recruitment. However, it is actually not so.
   Moreover, the view – “What is offered to leading universities that is always good” – is an erroneous idea. Trailers are implemented that is a psychological preparation and assesses to the national standards as part of its measurement results? I do not know which one of these. (Perhaps this work is continuing.) The lack of such statistics leads to very difficult to know whether any one has learned a lot or not. This can be explained by characteristics of the trailer with 90 percent loss rate and coupled with the fact that the online course “traditional” provides significant interaction between faculty-student and be interested in individuals with flexibility and pays attention to the results.
   
6. Online learning is very suitable for adult learners, but it is not necessary to younger students
   The recent study has conducted to Columbia University’s Teachers College, which is to some dubious conclusions concerning online learning outcomes. For older people, active, adult, the online learning programs yield results superior to those to traditional classroom. For those who are less focused, less certainly, age from 18 to 24, there are often problems with patience and complete the course. Moreover, there are reasons to be concerned about our children “going to college” right in his bedroom. Although the young students can benefit from learning model, “blended” (combining online learning with traditional classroom old style), they have still needed the practical experience to become the adults – how to live with others and reconcile the differences, dare to take responsibility for what we do and not do, etc
   
7. “Institutions” savings the costs by moving the online is less than our thoughts
   The only sector can generate significant savings for the school that is reducing demand for the facilities and equipment of the classroom. For adult learners, they did not need the recreational activities and extra-curricular support services.
   However, whether real or virtual classroom, there is still demand for the entire enrollment management services as well as for increased IT support. The cost to students is saved very much. Online learning can be done anywhere in the world, no-cost transportation, no charge to keep small children and income is not lost when you have to leave to full-time studying research at the school. Here, the cost can be very significant.
   
8.  Online learning may soon become the standard for students, who have graduated and do not have conditions to participate in traditional courses
   This fact is that while online learning becomes more commonly and leads to universities will also be deleted. Society will still need the universities to help young people mature and become citizens. Society will always need the advanced research organization to continue the task of creating the new discoveries and deliver content to the distribution of online learning is increasingly better.