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According to the newest concepts, thanks to the Internet, our work and social life have been radically transformed, as well as have changed our instruction scheme. Technology is now a guiding principle in modern education. Do we forget about the human touch?
Moreover, this progress in technology not only puts an emotional impact on the users who directly have access to information, but also generates countless access to education around the world.
Teaching resources are now reachable virtually to everyone very often for no fee.
Does existing know-how use the human touch or education has just become a technical structure?
According to the newest concepts, thanks to the Internet, our work and social life have been radically transformed, as well as have changed our instruction scheme. Technology is now a guiding principle in modern education. Do we forget about the human touch?
Moreover, this progress in technology not only puts an emotional impact on the users who directly have access to information, but also generates countless access to education around the world.
Teaching resources are now reachable virtually to everyone very often for no fee.
Does existing know-how use the human touch or education has just become a technical structure?
Distance education, distance learning or D-Learning is a mode of delivering education and instruction, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional setting such as a classroom. Distance learning provides "access to learning when the source of information and the learners are separated by time and distance, or both.
Challenges and Experiences of Students in the Virtual Classroom World: A Lite...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
The study aims to discuss the experience students face in the virtual classroom mode. The limitations and challenges which students face while enrolling in online modes to learning from MOOC Courses to Distance Learning. The community of the people undertaking online education has increased significantly in the past few years. The paper reviews the literature on the topic of online classes, asynchronous and synchronous modes of delivery, the perception of students in the virtual learning and the experiences and challenges faced.
E-Learning: Challenges and Research Opportunities Using Machine Learning & Da...eraser Juan José Calderón
E-Learning: Challenges and Research Opportunities Using Machine Learning & Data Analytics
de ABDALLAH MOUBAYED 1 , MOHAMMADNOOR INJADAT1 , ALI BOU NASSIF2 , HANAN LUTFIYYA3 , AND ABDALLAH SHAMI1 1Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada 2Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 3Computer Science Department, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada Corresponding author: Abdallah Moubayed (amoubaye@uwo.ca)
ABSTRACT
With the proliferation of technology, the field of e-learning has garnered significant attention in recent times. This is because it has allowed users from around the world to learn and access new information. This has added to the growing amount of collected data that is already being generated through different devices and sensors employed around the world. This has led to the need to analyze collected data and extract useful information from it. Machine learning (ML) and data analytics (DA) are proposed techniques that can help extract information and find valuable patterns within the collected data. In this paper, the field of e-learning is investigated in terms of definitions and characteristics. Moreover, the various challenges facing the different participants within this process are discussed. In addition, some of the works proposed in the literature to tackle these challenges are presented. Then, a brief survey about some of the most popular ML and DA techniques is given. Finally, some of the research opportunities available that employ such techniques are proposed to give insights into the areas that merit further exploration and investigation.
How? Online or offline?
What Is the Meaning of Online Education?
Online?
Online Learning
Types of Online Learning or e-learning
Advantages Of e-Learning
Disadvantages Of e-Learning
Video on Tips for Online Learning
Supplemental Resources link
Online Education has many benefits which includes work from anywhere, at any time, ability to review lectures instantly, group communication, flexible learning schedule, cost, diversity, instructor availability etc.
To Analyze the Potential of e-Learning in Indian Education System
e-Learning is defined as acquisition of knowledge and skill using electronic technologies such as computer, Internet, local and wide area networks.
e-Learning may also be referred as the use of Information and Communication Technology to deliver learning and training programs to enhance and support the tertiary education.
For more details please visit
www.iicecollege.com
Barriers To E-Learning Job Training Presentation (no sound)Lisa Ronald
Learning at work as an employee is inherently different from being a student in an academic setting and, as such, is beset with different challenges. As trends in the adoption of e-learning for the delivery of job training increase, new challenges related to distance learning with technology have also emerged. Recognition that continued learning in the workplace, now via technological methods, is required for maintaining proficiency and achieving career goals means that understanding the challenges unique to learning at work is paramount.
This qualitative study explored barriers to successful online job learning. Interviews with thirty federal government employees from the Forest Service and National Park Service enrolled in an online wilderness planning course revealed that attrition frameworks typically used to describe barriers to persistence in academia and distance education only partially describe hindering factors relevant to workplace learning. Although these hindering factors can generally be categorized as workplace; personality trait, and preference; course design/structure; or technology barriers, such categorization oversimplifies the true nature of employees’ struggles to learn on the job.
This study's findings reveal three overarching systemic problems: 1) illusion of convenience, 2) absence of deeper learning, and 3) lack of an organizational culture of learning. These systemic problems demonstrate that complex interactions between various barriers create a cyclic system often preventing attainment of student-controlled, student-centered learning, two benefits of self-paced study. Other barrier interactions can foster employment of superficial, rather than deep, learning strategies possibly leaving employees ill-prepared to negotiate the situations for which they are supposedly being trained. Cultural elements of the structure and organization of work suggest that workplace learning is devalued, under-recognized and often unsupported, making the challenges to adaptation in an increasingly technological era even more significant.
Distance education, distance learning or D-Learning is a mode of delivering education and instruction, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional setting such as a classroom. Distance learning provides "access to learning when the source of information and the learners are separated by time and distance, or both.
Challenges and Experiences of Students in the Virtual Classroom World: A Lite...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
The study aims to discuss the experience students face in the virtual classroom mode. The limitations and challenges which students face while enrolling in online modes to learning from MOOC Courses to Distance Learning. The community of the people undertaking online education has increased significantly in the past few years. The paper reviews the literature on the topic of online classes, asynchronous and synchronous modes of delivery, the perception of students in the virtual learning and the experiences and challenges faced.
E-Learning: Challenges and Research Opportunities Using Machine Learning & Da...eraser Juan José Calderón
E-Learning: Challenges and Research Opportunities Using Machine Learning & Data Analytics
de ABDALLAH MOUBAYED 1 , MOHAMMADNOOR INJADAT1 , ALI BOU NASSIF2 , HANAN LUTFIYYA3 , AND ABDALLAH SHAMI1 1Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada 2Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 3Computer Science Department, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada Corresponding author: Abdallah Moubayed (amoubaye@uwo.ca)
ABSTRACT
With the proliferation of technology, the field of e-learning has garnered significant attention in recent times. This is because it has allowed users from around the world to learn and access new information. This has added to the growing amount of collected data that is already being generated through different devices and sensors employed around the world. This has led to the need to analyze collected data and extract useful information from it. Machine learning (ML) and data analytics (DA) are proposed techniques that can help extract information and find valuable patterns within the collected data. In this paper, the field of e-learning is investigated in terms of definitions and characteristics. Moreover, the various challenges facing the different participants within this process are discussed. In addition, some of the works proposed in the literature to tackle these challenges are presented. Then, a brief survey about some of the most popular ML and DA techniques is given. Finally, some of the research opportunities available that employ such techniques are proposed to give insights into the areas that merit further exploration and investigation.
How? Online or offline?
What Is the Meaning of Online Education?
Online?
Online Learning
Types of Online Learning or e-learning
Advantages Of e-Learning
Disadvantages Of e-Learning
Video on Tips for Online Learning
Supplemental Resources link
Online Education has many benefits which includes work from anywhere, at any time, ability to review lectures instantly, group communication, flexible learning schedule, cost, diversity, instructor availability etc.
To Analyze the Potential of e-Learning in Indian Education System
e-Learning is defined as acquisition of knowledge and skill using electronic technologies such as computer, Internet, local and wide area networks.
e-Learning may also be referred as the use of Information and Communication Technology to deliver learning and training programs to enhance and support the tertiary education.
For more details please visit
www.iicecollege.com
Barriers To E-Learning Job Training Presentation (no sound)Lisa Ronald
Learning at work as an employee is inherently different from being a student in an academic setting and, as such, is beset with different challenges. As trends in the adoption of e-learning for the delivery of job training increase, new challenges related to distance learning with technology have also emerged. Recognition that continued learning in the workplace, now via technological methods, is required for maintaining proficiency and achieving career goals means that understanding the challenges unique to learning at work is paramount.
This qualitative study explored barriers to successful online job learning. Interviews with thirty federal government employees from the Forest Service and National Park Service enrolled in an online wilderness planning course revealed that attrition frameworks typically used to describe barriers to persistence in academia and distance education only partially describe hindering factors relevant to workplace learning. Although these hindering factors can generally be categorized as workplace; personality trait, and preference; course design/structure; or technology barriers, such categorization oversimplifies the true nature of employees’ struggles to learn on the job.
This study's findings reveal three overarching systemic problems: 1) illusion of convenience, 2) absence of deeper learning, and 3) lack of an organizational culture of learning. These systemic problems demonstrate that complex interactions between various barriers create a cyclic system often preventing attainment of student-controlled, student-centered learning, two benefits of self-paced study. Other barrier interactions can foster employment of superficial, rather than deep, learning strategies possibly leaving employees ill-prepared to negotiate the situations for which they are supposedly being trained. Cultural elements of the structure and organization of work suggest that workplace learning is devalued, under-recognized and often unsupported, making the challenges to adaptation in an increasingly technological era even more significant.
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I showcased some examples of using technology and the Internet in my marketing lectures.
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2. What we’ll discuss
Who am I?
Definitions of terms
Some data to set the stage
Challenges
Strengths
Student feedback
My take on it all
Bottom line
Resources
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3. Linda Oestreich
Technical communicator
Key roles: Technical writer, technical editor, doc
manager, strategic analyst, instructor, project manager
Key skills: Analysis, problem solving, leadership,
teaching, creativity, public speaking, facilitation,
writing, editing, training
Industries: Software development, government, property
management, geophysics, science and engineering,
corporate communications
STC: Fellow, Society leader (President, VP, Director-
Sponsor, Annual Conference Program Manager), Chapter
leader (President, VP, Communications, Programs,
Professional Development ), STC Conference Presenter,
Mentor
Hobbies: dogs, cats, reading, movies, gardening,
Facebook
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5. Definitions
How Much
Delivered
Online
Course
Classification
Typical Description
0% Traditional Course where no online technology used—content
delivered orally or by writing
1 – 29% Web-
facilitated
Course that uses web-based technology to facilitate what
is essentially a face-to-face course; may use a learning
mgmt. system or web to post syllabus and assignments
30 – 79% Blended/
Hybrid
Course that blends online and face-to-face delivery.
Substantial proportion of the content is delivered online,
typically uses online discussions and has a reduced
number of face-to-face meetings
80+% Online A course where most or all of the content is delivered
online. Typically has no face-to-face meetings
NA Distance Overlaps with online, but usually encompasses earlier
technology such as correspondence courses,
educational television, and videoconferencing.
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6. Majority of data is
collected from
Grade Level:
Tracking
Online
Education in
the United
States,
I. Elaine Allen
and Jeff
Seaman,
February 2015
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7. Does online learning
provide strategic value to
academe?
Proportion of chief academic leaders that say
online learning is critical to their long-term
strategy has grown from 48.8% in 2002 to 70.8%
this year.
Proportion of institutions reporting that online
education is NOT critical to their long-term
strategy has dropped to 8.6%
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9. Are online learning outcomes
comparable to face-to-face?
Academic leaders who rate the learning outcomes in online
education as the same or superior to those in face-to-face
instruction grew from 57.2% in 2003 to 74.1% in 2014.
Proportion of academic leaders who believe learning
outcomes for online education are inferior to those of face-
to-face instruction remained constant from 2013 at 25.9%
Fewer leaders rate learning outcomes in online courses as
superior or somewhat superior to face-to-face (20.0% to
16.3%), but greater numbers rate them as the same (54.1 to
57.9%).
Academic leaders are far more positive about the learning
outcomes for blended/hybrid instruction than they are for
online.
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11. Barriers to online
instruction
Although the number of students taking distance/online
courses has grown by the millions over the past decade, it has
come with concerns: faculty acceptance has lagged,
concerns about student retention linger, and leaders continue
to worry that online courses require more faculty effort than
face-to-face instruction.
Rate of faculty members who accept “value and legitimacy
of online education” is 28.0%—a rate unchanged since 2003.
Most academic leaders (68.3%) believe that “students need
more discipline to succeed in an online course than in a face-
to-face course.
Academic leaders have increased (44.6% in 2014 vs 27.2% in
2004) their thoughts that retaining students is more difficult for
online courses than for face-to-face courses.
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13. Thoughts about MOOC
Only a small number of institutions either had or
were planning a Massive Open Online Course
(MOOC).
The percent of higher education institutions
that currently have a MOOC increased from
2.6% in 2012 to 5.0% in 2013 and to 8.0 in 2014.
Only 16.3% of academic leaders believe that
MOOCs represent a sustainable method of
offering online courses, down from 28.3% in
2012.
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17. Challenges (1)
Technology
Equity and accessibility
Computer literacy
Limitations of technology—slow or intermittent internet access
Student abilities
Must be mature, self-disciplined—can be hard for student who
needs structure
Must be well-organized, self-motivated, and have good time
management—can get “lost” easily
May feel isolated; miss camaraderie of fellow students
Usually not appropriate for younger students
Facilitator abilities
Lack of essential online qualities
Must create a supportive environment
Be accessible
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18. Challenges (2)
School administration and faculty uncomfortable with
change—more interested in bottom line
Academe moves slowly
Poor response from MOOCs
Online environment
Level of synergy
Some classes not appropriate for online teaching
Appropriate curriculum
Face-to-face methods do not always work in a virtual medium
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19. Strengths
Exciting opportunities
Convenient solutions to today’s busy learner
Easier to schedule; flexible timing for study
No commuting
Variety of learning materials available
Self-paced
Can accommodate most learning styles
Expand learning opportunities and provide quality
education through variety of formats
Helps develop knowledge of technology
Helps students take responsibility for their learning
Can repeat lectures, readings, self-administered tests
Both students and instructors believe online learning
can foster more interaction among students than large
lecture hall classes
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20. Student checklist for online
education
Can you pay for it?
Do you have the time?
Will it fit your learning
style?
Do you have the
motivation?
Do you have the tech
skills to navigate the
learning management
system?
Do you have support
from family and
employer?
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21. Student feedback
Online learning, in some respects, is a little like going to the prom
alone or with a good group of friends--one still gets to experience the
dance, but with a little less expense and a lot less pressure. (+)
There have been times when I've wished that I could knock on a
professor's door and brainstorm through problems or issues that have
arisen with assignments or material. (-)
In the traditional class setting, I feel more like a receiver of
information. In an online class, most of what I do is really up to me. The
more organized I am, especially with respect to time management,
the more I am free to learn. (+)
In some cases there is no replacement for the in-class discussion in
terms of tone and gesture. In-class and face-to-face discussion allow
a person to be more involved and passionate about the subject. (-)
I believe there’s no substitute for classroom learning. We all differ in
our learning styles (e.g., auditory, visual, reading, etc.), but most of us
learn best in some combination of them and for me it’s easier to get
that variety in a classroom. (-)
Online classes don’t foster organic discussion and learning. (-)
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22. More student feedback
While I enjoy this course, my favorite was through another university
because we had mandatory webcam sessions once a week with the
instructor and other classmates. There's something to be said for real-time
interaction and seeing facial expressions, not to mention the interesting
coffee mugs students and instructors use for a 7:45 am web session. (=)
Online classes also provide a platform for introverted students that is
beneficial to everyone. Introverts might feel more confident writing
responses and comments than offering them in a traditional classroom. (+)
I think there is an audience and a purpose for online learning, but I worry
that "deeper" knowledge may not be attained without that occasional, face-
to-face, class meeting such as a hybrid class provides. (=)
Online classes mimic today's global work environment. Today's professionals
depend on online communication and collaboration with people around the
globe. The online classroom mirrors this setup more closely than a typical
physical classroom with 50-500 students that meet twice per week to listen to
a speaker. (+)
My job can require me to follow an unpredictable schedule that includes
travel. If I were to take a traditional class I would most certainly miss class.
(+)
For those of us often too intimidated to speak up in the traditional setting, the
online environment allows us some sense of security. We can take our time
developing our thoughts before confidently presenting them to classmates
and instructors on the discussion board. (+)
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23. My take on it all
Challenges
Setting it up and keeping it fresh
Lectures
Missing face-to-face connections
Building relationships through virtual world
Writing reference letters!
Being online and accessible
Benefits
Flexibility
Satisfaction
Continued improvement
Ability to stay current
Connecting without actual contact
Global students!
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25. Bottom line: thumbs up!
It works for technical communication
classes
It works for busy professionals
Its benefits outweigh challenges
without question for our topics
It helps us to keep learning and
striving to make it better
It’s here to stay—embrace it!
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27. Resources
Evaluation of Evidence-based practices in Online Learning, US
Department of Education, September 2010
Grade Level: Tracking Online Education in the United States, I. Elaine
Allen and Jeff Seaman, February 2015;
http://onlinelearningconsortium.org/read/survey-reports-2014/ and
http://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/gradelevel.pdf
“Weaknesses of Online Learning,”
www.ion.uillinois.edu/rsources/tutorials/overview/weaknesses.asp
What are advantages and challenges of online learning and
teaching?
www.researchgate.net/post/What_are_the_advantages_and_challe
nges_of_online_learning_and_teaching
http://www.usnews.com/education/online-
education/articles/2013/01/14/5-tips-to-succeed-in-an-online-course
http://www.usnews.com/education/online-
education/articles/2015/06/02/infographic-online-student-
checklist?int=9e0f09
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnebersole/2012/09/24/online-
learning-maturing-perhaps-improving-always/
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