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- Shruti N.
Shruti K.

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OBJECTIVES
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At the end of this presentation, you will be able to:
•Define the meaning of term “Online Learning”
•State the modes of synchronous and asynchronous
Communication
•Explain the history of online learning
•Name the universities offering online education
•Visualize how online learning takes place
•State the characteristics of online learning
•Describe the role of an e-tutor in an online environment
•Describe the role of a student in an online learning environment
•State the advantages and disadvantages of online learning

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OUTLINE
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• Introduction
• What is Online Learning(OL)?
• Synchronous Online Learning
• Asynchronous Online Learning
• History of Online Learning
• Examples of virtual universities
• How the online universities function
• Characteristics of Online Learning
• Role of e-tutor
• Role of student
• Interaction
• Do’s and Don’t‘s
• Video

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INTRODUCTION
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WHAT IS ONLINE LEARNING ?
• Online learning/e-learning/web-based learning is a method of
delivering educational information via internet instead of in a
physical classroom
• Online course content is delivered in a variety of ways including:
text, video, audio, animation, and virtual environments
• Online learning is the modern equivalent of distance learning

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INTRODUCTION
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• Chat
• Video Conferencing
• Web conferencing
• Virtual Worlds
Synchronous
• Emails
• Discussion Forums
• e-Portfolios
• Repositories of documents/Virtual
Libraries, Presentations, Graphics,
Audio Files and Videos
Asynchronous

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HISTORY OF ONLINE LEARNING
• The University of Phoenix, established their Online campus in 1988
• Purdue and Memphis State University started offering Online
courses during the same time
• Stanford University began offering Master’s level programs through
the Internet from the same year
• In February, 1997, the Orange County Public Schools in Florida
started delivering online courses
• Today, Yahoo, a World Wide Web Search Engine, lists over 300 sites
under Distance Education.

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EXAMPLES
Indira Gandhi Open University(IGNOU)
Symbiosis centre for Distance Learning
Karnataka State Open University
Sikkim Manipal University
Lovely Professional University
Annamalai University

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EXAMPLES
Virtual Universities
Canadian
University
Virtual
University
of
Pakistan
Michigan
University

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How Online Universities
Function?
methodology
used is
learner
centered
teaching
learning
process is
through self
instructional
learning
materials
virtual class
which
provides an
online
platform to
deliver online
programs
Course
materials are
uploaded on
the platform
Discussion
forums and
chat
sessions

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CHARACTERISTICS
•Learning materials made up of text, graphics and multimedia
elements such as video, audio and animation
•Synchronous or asynchronous communications applications such as
video conferencing, chat rooms, or discussion forums
•Use of web browser
•Storage, maintenance and administration of the materials is done
on a Web server

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ROLE OF AN ONLINE LEARNER
Self Awareness
Independent
Self-direction
Disciplined
Motivation

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INTERACTION
Your writing skills are very poor, Tom, and they need
improvement. Why don’t you take a course? In the meantime,
the paper you sent on marketing in organizations just didn’t
make sense to me. Don’t you understand the difference between
the product and the place?
BAD EXAMPLE

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INTERACTION
Try to be WRITE,
• Warm
• Responsive
• Inquisitive
• Tentative
• Empathetic
Avoid being
WRONG
• Wordy
• Repetitive
• Offensive
• Negative
• Gossipy

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INTERACTION
Your feedback can be misinterpreted
For Eg: “That was great!” (May
be sarcastic or encouraging)
“That was
great”! <grin>
Use appropriate
emotions
Constructive
Feedback

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INTERACTION
You make a couple of really good points in your paper, Tom,
especially regarding promotion and price. Do you feel you
understand the difference OK? Take a little more time on writing
paper. The thoughts you have can come across even better with
improved writing skills. Here are a couple of resources that may
aid you.
GOOD EXAMPLE

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DO’s
Be familiar with the course syllabus
Develop time management skills to
create proper balance
Make sure that you attend to all the
discussions and chats
Participate in all discussions and chats
Complete assignments
Make content in smaller chunks
Give hands on experience to the
learners for better experience
Use graphics that are meaningful
Use real life case studies and
scenarios for meaningful connections
Include activities to make learning
fun.
DON’Ts
Take face to face curriculum and
convert it into online curriculum
Evaluate only at the end of the course
Force the learner to read every piece
of content
DO’S AND DON’Ts

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ADVANTAGES
Deliver learning
anytime
Makes learning
materials interesting
learner centered
delivery strategy
Increases interaction
It can make use of
resources already
available on the net.
Self-paced learning
modules allow
learners to work at
their own pace
Encourages to take
responsibility for
their learning.
Can study anywhere
and any time as per
their convenience
Reduces travel time
and travel costs for
off-campus students

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Technical limitation
Expensive
Limited bandwidth
Some learning environment requires the learners to
have most up-to-date browsers and software’s.
Provide training
DISADVANTAGES OF OL

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