FUTURE TRENDS IN E-LEARNING

WEEK 8

 

With advancement in information technology, there is no doubt that the future of E-learning would be enhanced. E-learning depends largely on IT to function effectively, therefore with new developments in IT

 E-learning shall be more effective:

·         Learning/training content can be accessed easily

·         The highest quality

·         Tailored to individual needs

·         Cost effective

·         Anywhere and anytime

·         Technological Advances

·         Pressure from industry

·         Global competition

New way of learning/training

• Systematical approach to learning and training which shall involve
• Needs assessment/analysis
• Content development
• Instructional Design & Technology
• Training Methods 

Trainees / Students shall be:

• Center of the whole process shall be well developed
• Learning content for the right skills for the right job delivered in the right place at the right time by the right
• method

Training Professionals will be:

•  More mission critical
• Needs assessment
• Content development
• Instructional Design & Technology

Instructional contents will be produced:

• Faster
• Existing contents (digital repository)
• Authoring utility

Semi-automatic assembly

• Higher quality
• Advances in learning theory
• High quality Video, Audio

I think, in the future the above trends shall be implemented in E-learning and shall replace classrooms and one can access it anywhere at any time. There shall be no need to sit in a lecture theater or classroom for hours listening to a lecturer instead, you can access the lectures at home,work, at the beach or anywhere as well as downloading the notes. E-learning shall be more more popular and maybe will replace classes forever. On the other hand, it shall bring health problems like overweight. This is because people will be sitting in front of the PCs for a long time listening to lectures and would lack exercises. Most probably, they will eat a lot of snacks and fast foods and  this might lead t obesity. Too much exposure to light would also affect their vision as well as their health  conditions in general. As we all know that, a teacher is more than a guardian to his/her students!This part of the phenomenon shall be lost because there would  be no contact between a teacher and students anymore. Education shall also be very expensive compared to now and would rely on technology more than anything else and this might be a limitation to some people especially those from poor and underdeveloped countries. Cases of fraud in exams shall be most common due to lack of personal supervision as exams shall be done online without anyone supervising the candidates. Therefore education shall not have a greater value and quality than what it mean today!






References:

http://www.knowledgenet.com/

http://www.kineo.com/e-learning-trends/future-of-e-learning-in-universities.html

http://techchange.org/index.php?/Blog/latest.html&gclid=CLjMyqjL9rUCFQub6wodQTYA-Q