By Srishti Bansal
Online Education is trending everywhere nowadays, as due to this Coronavirus everyone is locked inside their homes so it is the only thing which is helping students to continue their studies during such times. The techonolgy is upgrading itself with time and accordingly people are also evolving with it. Earlier the value of education was very less and it was not considered as necessity rather it was a luxury but now as the times are changing people value the power of education. Parents spend thousands of lakhs on their children’s education. This Corona pandemic has forced us to entirely depend upon the online mediums to stay connected and updated.
Some facts and figures;
Online higher learning is not limited to a certain type of student. Distance education is used by students from all walks of life in almost every field of study.
• Globally over 1.2 billion children are out of classroom.
• Some of the best most popular tech tools are: Zoom, Skype, Whatsapp, Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex, etc.
• According to UNESCO, In India, lockdown has put 321 million children away from school.
• Byju’s app has experienced 60% surge in students using their services, which range from video lessons, live classes and interactive videos.
• Indian platforms like, Unacademy, Vedantu, Toppr are also offering free classes and content to students.
• Google and KMPG estimated that India’s online education market would be worth around $2 billion in 2021.
• New subscribers joined, a total of 25 lakh or more registered users with SWAYAM that has a repository of 1900 courses, which are being used by subscribers from over 60 countries including USA, UK, UAE, Canada, Germany, Australia, Nepal and Singapore.
# Advantages of Online Education:
• It is convenient and flexible as you can access it just by sitting at home, no matter in which part of the world you are.
• Online Education also helps in reducing cost and is very inexpensive.
• All the information needed will be safely stored in online database, which helps in documentation and also we can access the data whenever we like.
• More comfortable learning environment.
• Helps in Career advancement because students can take online courses even after completing the degree or while working.
• Improves technical skills by developing new computer skills.
# Disadvantages of Online Education:
• Online Education can cause social isolation. • Lack of practical skills development.
• Cheating prevention during online assessment is complicated.
• Online instructors tend to focus on theory rather than practice.
• Limited feedbacks by the students
• Internet connection problem can lower the browsing speed and ultimately causes disconnection.
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