E-learning is soon going to be changing the face of education as we know it.
Old methods of face-to-face and traditional classroom training will eventually be surpassed by these new methods of training.
The development of the second generation of the internet (Web2.0) is going to speed up this process of change. The fact that the internet is moving towards interaction will serve to speed up the process of the education world adopting the web as the medium for the future of teaching.
Today’s businessman doesn’t really have the time to attend classes and make time for tutorials. They would far rather be able to log on whenever they have free time and learn when it suits them.
Online learning is also remarkably flexible. You can learn a variety of skills from flying aeroplanes to manufacturing your own electricity generator. The scope of learning is virtually endless.
Half a million American children are already taking classes online. There has been a similar increase in numbers of people in higher education online. Already more than two-thirds of all higher-education institutions have online offerings in some form and there are nearly 3.5 million students were taking online courses in 2006.
The NY Times recently posted an interesting article showing the trend of educators and how the situation is changing…
With this increase in numbers something to think about is where will it leave our educators? There is soon to be a huge demand for online educators and it could see a shift away from your traditional tweed-clad professor to a more technologically adroit educator.
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