Thread: e-learning

e-learning now and in future

I'm e-learning with the Open University

It's great because i can fit it around the rest of my life without the restriction of having to attend classes at a particular time.

I can choose when i study as long as i do so many hours per day.

I don't think e-learning is suitable for younger people though as there's an important social element to attending college or Uni.

This is one of the downfalls of e-learning. You can learn an awful lot from socializing and talking to other students, getting feedback and sharing ideas about the courses you are studying, but also meeting other students studying other subjects who share their knowledge.

Although there are forums with the OU you can participate on, it can still be a lonely and isolating business studying at home

yep..what u said is correct...but the positive side is that if we had any doubts in subjects we can get help from persons who is so many miles away..thats really cool.. 8)