Sunday, September 6, 2009

Which is more effective?..Online Education or Traditional Education ?


Now,technology bring us more close and by the blessing of technology,distance learning is growing more popular.But how effective this distance learning?Is it going to the competitor of traditional face to face learning?Is the traditional learning will vanish near future?

According to a recent study conducted by SRI International for the US Department of Education, online learners perform slightly better than students in traditional face-to-face classrooms. The study analyzed research that compared online and conventional learning at institutions of higher education and in K-12 settings between 1996 and 2008.A key finding of the report is that students doing partial or all course work online rank, on average, in the 59th percentile, meaning better than 59% of all those who were scored; whereas students in traditional classrooms ranked in the 50th percentile. Though this significant difference doesn't quite mean the end of institutional schools, it will help put an end to the myth that online learning is inferior to traditional learning.

I like the educational animation to understand any topics.It gives me a physical view from abstract view which help me to understand the topics clearly and so,I usually try to find out the video tutorial with animation for learning any topics.And I personally think, this kinds of technical materials improve our children knowledge and learning whether they learn from distance or face to face.But, as the education cost is increasing,parent want to keep their child close education,Internet use increasing and overall the quality,reliability and importance of distance learning increase,So, This distance learning is going to the competitor of face to face traditional learning in near future no doubt.

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