Online education involves taking courses over the internet without attending a physical school, allowing for flexible schedules and self-paced learning. It can be synchronous, with live virtual classes, or asynchronous, where students complete lessons independently. The growth of online learning presents challenges for institutions but also opportunities to reach more learners through virtual classrooms that allow interaction between students and teachers.

2. How? Online or offline?
Online Education: The nonexistence of a physical classroom,
flexible schedules, and reduced personal interactions.
Online education is a type of distance learning---taking courses
without attending a brick-and mortar school or university. Instead,
online students and teachers interact over the Internet.

3. What Is the Meaning of Online Education?
 Online learning – Education in which instruction and content are
delivered primarily over the Internet. (Watson & Kalmon, 2005)
 Used interchangeably with Virtual learning, Cyber learning, e-learning.
 Virtual learning can take place synchronously or asynchronously.
 In synchronous systems, participants meet in “real time”, and teachers
conduct live classes in virtual classrooms. Students can communicate
through a microphone, chat rights, or by writing on the board. In
asynchronous learning, which is sometimes called “self-paced” learning,
students are expected to complete lessons and assignments
independently through the system.
 Asynchronous courses have deadlines just as synchronous courses
do, but each student is learning at his own pace.

4. Online ?
The phenomenal growth of online education is presenting uncharted
challenges for academic institutions.
A virtual learning environment can also include students and teachers
“meeting” online through a synchronous web-based application. The teacher is
able to present lessons through video, PowerPoint, or chatting. The students
are able to talk with other students and the teacher, as well as collaborate with
each other, answer questions, or pose questions. They can use the tools
available through the application to virtually raise their hand, send messages,
or answer questions on the screen given by the teacher or student presenter.
This is a look inside The Education of Tomorrow.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/education-of-the-
future_n_5549193.html

5. Online learning is the newest and most popular form of distance
education today. Within the past decade it has had a major impact on
postsecondary education and the trend is only increasing.
It is the education that takes place over the Internet. It is often referred
to as “e- learning” among other terms. However, online learning is just
one type of “distance learning” - the umbrella term for any learning that
takes place across distance and not in a traditional classroom.
Online Learning

6. Types of Online Learning or e-learning
 Computer Managed Learning (CML)
 Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)
 Synchronous Online Learning.
 Asynchronous Online Learning.
 Fixed E-Learning.
 Adaptive E-Learning.
 Linear E-Learning.
 Interactive Online Learning
 Virtual learning
 Blended Learning
 M-learning

7. Computer managed learning (CML) is a technology that manages and assesses
the learning process. The computer system provides an administrative framework
through which the learner interacts for such tasks as enrolment, unit or module
selection, direction to or provision of study material, assessment, and feedback.
Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) is defined as the use of computers and
software applications to teach concepts or skills. IBM developed one of the
first instructional computer systems in the 1960s using minicomputers .
Synchronous online classes are those that require students and instructors to
be online at the same time. Lectures, discussions, and presentations occur at a
specific hour. All students must be online... Asynchronous classes are just the
opposite. Oct 23, 2019
Asynchronous Learning. ... The term is most commonly applied to various forms of
digital and online learning in which students learn from instruction—such as
prerecorded video lessons or game-based learning tasks that students complete on
their own—that is not being delivered in person or in real time .Aug 29, 2013

8. Fixed e-learning is a fancy name for something you are likely already familiar
with. “Fixed” in this context means that the content used during the learning
process does not change from its original state and all the participating students
receive the same information as all the others. The materials are predetermined
by the teachers and don’t adapt to the student’s preferences.
This type of learning has been the standard in traditional classrooms for
thousands of years, but it’s not ideal in e-learning environments. That is
because fixed e-learning does not utilize the valuable real-time data gained
from student inputs. Analyzing each student individually through their data and
making changes to the materials according to this data leads to better learning
outcomes for all students.

9. Interactive e-learning is defined as the “dialogue” between learners and
eLearning tools through which learners become engaged and involved in
the eLearning process.
The term adaptive e-Learning refers to a set of techniques oriented to
offer online students a personal and unique experience, with the final goal
of maximizing their performances 29, 2016
Linear learning is an educational approach which involves pedagogical
strategies concerning program-centeredness (directed, conducted,
controlled, guided by the study program) and linear formats. It stands in
opposition to flexible learning. Jan 15, 2014

10. Virtual learning environments are the basic components of contemporary
distance learning, but can also be integrated with a physical learning
environment which may be referred to as blended learning.
This is where students attend traditional school on a part-time basis and
complete their classes online.
Blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns at
least in part through online delivery of content and instruction with some
element of student control over time, place, path or pace. While still attending
a “brick-and-mortar” school structure, face-to-face classroom methods are
combined with computer- mediated activities.
M-Learning is the way to learn the tools of communication involving mobile
wireless, which creates the premises of an area spreading messages on a
global scale.
Mobile telephoning has evolved so much that now allows connections to
computers and making consistent data transfers.
M-Learning is a new educational paradigm that creates an environment in
which pupils access to course materials, instructions and applications anytime
and anywhere.

11. Advantages Of e-Learning
1. You are able to link the various resources in several varying formats.
2. It is a very efficient way of delivering courses online.
3. Due to its convenience and flexibility, the resources are available from
anywhere and at any time.
4. Everyone, who are part time students or are working full time, can take
advantage of web-based learning.
5. Web-based learning promotes active and independent learning.
6. As you have access to the net 24x7, you can train yourself anytime and
from anywhere also.
7. It is a very convenient and flexible option; above all, you don't have to
depend on anyone for anything.
8. Not only can you train yourself on a day to day basis, but also on weekends
or whenever you have the free time to. There is no hard and fast rule.
9. Through discussion boards and chats, you are able to interact with
everyone online and also clear your doubts if any.
10. The video instructions that are provided for audio and video learning can
be rewound and seen and heard again and again if you do not happen to
understand the topic first time around.

12. Disadvantages Of e-Learning
Well, there are not many disadvantages of eLearning, the main one being that
you get knowledge only on a theoretical basis and when it comes to putting to
use whatever you have learnt, it may be a little different. The face-to-face
learning experience is missing, which may matter to some of you.
1. Most of the online assessments are limited to questions that are only
objective in nature.
2. There is also the problem of the extent of security of online learning
programs.
3. The authenticity of a particular student's work is also a problem as online
just about anyone can do a project rather than the actual student itself.
4. The assessments that are computer marked generally have a tendency of
being only knowledge-based and not necessarily practicality-based.
5. Online student feedback is limited.
6. E-Learning can cause social Isolation.
7. E-Learning requires strong self-motivation and time management skills.
8 Lack of communicational skill development in online students.
9. Cheating prevention during online assessments is complicated.

13. Video on Tips for Online Learning

14. For more detailed the link is attached
herewith:
 Supplemental Resources
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 Confessions of an E-Dropout
 (http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/arossett/viewpoint.htm)
 What went wrong? As the instructor, what could you have done to change the situation?
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 Strategies for Learning at a Distance
 (http://www.uidaho.edu/eo/dist8.html)
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 What Makes a Successful Online Student?
 (http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/StudentProfile.asp)
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 Tips for Online Success
 (http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/tips.asp)
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 The Core Rules of Netiquette
 (http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html)
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 Distance Learning History
 (http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring01/deClair/history.html)
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 Growth in Distance Education Programs and Implications for Federal Education Policy
(http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d021125t.pdf)
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 The Future of Online Learning

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