In this digital era, the use of computers is increasingly becoming more popular in education system. Online education has moved to an online environment due to improved internet accessibility and connectivity. Students can now have web lessons rather than old-school-based classes. Online education is better than the classroom method in a number of ways since online education consumes less time, allows the learners to study at any place and has no fixed sessions.
Online learning makes the world a ‘global classroom’ such that the learner can take their lessons at any place they want. At the same time, the student can begin or end their study duration at will and even continuously replay the study material in the process of the lecture or later after. This benefit does not come with classroom learning where the student must physically be present on regular basis within the classrooms. Again in the case of classroom, the sense of getting firsthand information from the tutor ends whenever the tutor leaves the classroom. In the case of job training done for workers, a worker can replay the subjects of their training in particular areas he/she wants. He/she will probably be able to remember skills he/she may have learned during the training moment in order to improve their job performance. This therefore minimizes mistakes that they might make on the job and improves quality for a prosperous business.
Online learning also consumes less time as compared to fixed longer duration within the traditional classroom. The fewer minutes within online learning allows for a well spread out amount of time which can be used by online course designers to group the contents of learning. This grouping of learning content permits for the information content to be sorted into smaller sections like a four one hour long section is summed to a one four hour lesson. Students of online learning can therefore individualize their schedules. They can compress the small lessons and at the same time acquire the information reward from feedback or audiovisual aids. However in the case of classroom method of education, the students will learn at the teacher’s pace. It is highly inefficient when quick learners are additionally slowed down by the slow learners during instances when the tutor is forced to repeat some sections of study.
The state of being anonymous or not being physically present in a place with many students can also be counted as another merit to learners attending online sessions. Learners who lack self-confidence to speak or raise their personal opinions regarding the subjects in a physical classroom may often feel courageous when they have the sensation that they can’t be seen by other class members. In a similar manner, learners who are physically disable such that they cannot actively participate in the classroom activities are also advantaged in online learning. In the classroom method, glare and jeer from other class members usually put off shy and disabled classmates from fair participation in class activities.
Generally, both classroom and online methods of learning can be used to attain the same academic goals. The platform a student chooses will rely on the subject being trained and the logistics of delivery. However, with the digitization of modern society, online lessons are becoming the best alternative option for education programs.
