Advantages and Disadvantages
Key advantages of e-learning include:
- Improved open access to education, including access to full degree programs
- Better integration for non-full-time students, particularly in continuing education,
- Improved interactions between students and instructors,
- Provision of tools to enable students to independently solve problems,
- Acquisition of technological skills through practice with tools and computers.
Key disadvantages of e-learning, that have been found to make learning less effective than traditional class room settings, include:
- Potential distractions that hinder true learning,
- Ease of cheating,
- Bias towards tech-savvy students over non-technical students,
- Teachers' lack of knowledge and experience to manage virtual teacher-student interaction,
- Lack of social interaction between teacher and students,
- Lack of direct and immediate feedback from teachers,
- Asynchronic communication hinders fast exchange of question,
- Danger of procrastination.
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