Not even a single person in this world in 2020 would have thought about the covid and the students haven’t even imagined that their schooling will be in mobile or laptop for the next few years.
Everything in this world now become online, Online education, online exam, online medical consultation, online application form, online campus tours, etc…
Online Education:
Education is an integral part of our life. There is a huge evolution in education compared to the 1950s because of the teaching methods and other inventions.
Every year the no. of students attending online courses is increasing gradually, nearly a 6.1million college students are attending online courses.
Online education is as comfortable for the students, as they do need to travel, change their uniforms.
Present and future of online education:
Online education has not only proven useful to ensure continuous imparting of education to school and college-going students but it has also transformed the way that candidates prepare for competitive exams in India.
The government is also spreading awareness and they have also launched the campaign in order to educate the poor kids ,who have been taken to daily wages along with their parents to attain stability.
The government is offering students to learn through their television for those students who can't afford online education,hence online education is the future.
Impact of Online education:
Excessive screen time can harm the brain’s “white matter” in kids of younger ages. When children spend over 2 hours a day on their digital devices, they may experience headaches, eye strain, reduced attention span, irritability, and poor behavior. These symptoms could affect every aspect of the child's life, including academic performance and social interactions.
Online learning has helped students to become independent learners before they make their way into the real world. Students got opportunities to explore new learning applications and platforms during the class, which helped them to develop new skills and capabilities accelerating their growth trajectory.
There is also a necessity of buying a good internet connection laptop or smartphone which are really expensive.
It also affects the mental health of a student and the professor may not have any idea what their students are going through.
Advantages of Online education:
We can learn from different mentors on different platforms which increases our knowledge and perspective.We don't need to travel to the classroom , we can actually sit where we can feel comfortable.
If there are any updates in the syllabus or any kind of announcements, the students can be updated instantly through social media.
It also helps the environment,by reducing the needs of books and copies.In the process of making paper, trees are the most critical raw materials. It is estimated that 24 trees are cut to make 1 ton of standard office paper. According to the 2019 survey, with roughly 1,00,000 schools in India, which means that all together schools are consuming as much as 32 billion sheets of paper per year .
Disadvantages of online education:
The major disadvantage of online education is that it detaches the students from their classmates and the students can get easily distracted by games,social media.
No matter how much facility online and digital education is made available to the students, this facility is promoting poor study habits and a lazy attitude is developing among the students.
Online education requires devices which are really expensive as I’ve said earlier.It also causes vision problems in the future.It can affect the learning ability of the students if the student is not able to become an active part of the study then their motivation may be lost.
Conclusion:
There are several challenges in online education which must be overcome by a student in order to listen to the class effectively. There is a significant growth in online education and the students should adapt to the new evolution.
The students should maintain a good communication and relationship with the faculty and classmates.
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