Online Learning Opportunities and Challenges

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Online Learning Opportunities and Challenges

Introduction

Ordinarily learning process is carried offline in brick-and-mortar classes. Due to eventualities such as a pandemic, it makes such a learning system almost impossible and necessitates online learning. Online learning is defined as the education system in which the tutor dispenses knowledge through the internet. In an online learning system, the teachers and learners are geographically diverse but connected by the internet and communication Gadgets like computers. E-learning is a resource and inclusive learning mode; however, it is very vulnerable to background noise and system failure obstruction.

Opportunities

Online learning is resource-efficient. For students to engage in online learning would only require internet and garget like computers or smartphones. According to Smith & Basham (2014), costly expenditures like building classes and buying uniforms that will be thrown away after learning, are eliminated. Saves on transportation costs and time, which are then utilized in other activities like medical and other development purposes.

Online learning is more inclusive and accessible to all. E-learning is time flexible in that a student can opt to take it on full-time or part-time. The working students who may not have time to attend physical class can plan their lessons according to their working schedule (Meier, 2015). Students with a tight working schedule can receive notes in their email, read at their convenient time, and mail their teachers their queries.

Challenges

Online learning is vulnerable to obstructions that emanate from the immediate surrounding. E-learning is electricity and internet-dependent; hence their breakdown is always a blow to the learners. Online learning is only accessible to students residing in advanced regions that are well served with electricity and internet resources (Feldman, 2020). Besides, online learning is prone to obstruction originating from background music...