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20 Reasons for the Rising Surge in Online Classes/Learning
In the last few years,
the world has experienced a rising surge
in online classes. Every
of the key stakeholders-
learners, teachers and parents- are appreciating the need to embrace online
learning.
The most commonly-used
terms in many educational frontiers today are edtech,
e-learning, digital
literacy, tech-driven education, remote classes etc.
…and you wonder why the
surge!
Online classes are so
flexible and meet the growing needs of both learners, teachers and parents- who
form the key stakeholders- in this digital revolution.
Every school owner needs
to understand this and flow along. As a school owner or a district head, have
you asked why?
Let me show you why
online classes have become the in thing and will remain so in the coming years.
For Learners:
Online
classes offers them:
Accessibility
from everywhere and at all times: With online class, school
children can access learning contents from anywhere in the world.
Self-paced
and personalized learning: Learners can now learn at
their own pace as well as personalize learning, whichever be their learner
group.
The use
of digital devices aligns with their digital native status: Today’s
learners are of digital natives; hence online classes, which make use of
digital devices, make learning interesting to them.
More
updated contents: Learning online grants school children access to more updated
contents. A lot of what is used today in an offline setting are outdated
contents.
Interactive
nature of online courses: The use of different
multimedia tools in online classes makes it so interactive and appealing to
today’s learners. Today’s learners are getting tired of the conventional
theory-based rhetoric that characterize offline learning.
Development
of relevant skills: Learning online is a form of digital literacy,
which helps learners develop relevant skills for the future of work.
Cross
cultural interaction in learning: Today’s learners have
unlimited access beyond cultural boundaries. It’s now very easy for a student
from say, Nigeria to learn from and interact with peers from other parts of the
world, without leaving the shores of his/her country.
For Teachers
Online
classes offers them:
Connection
to the global community of teachers and learners:
Teachers can now interact with as well learn from their counterparts from every
part of the globe. Today’s teachers now have the entire global citizens as
their potential students.
Improving
brand visibility: There are quite number of teachers, who are doing great work in
their various locations, yet unrecognized and unrewarded. But online classes
help to improve their brand visibility as their works are now visible to the
world at large.
Improving
their 21st century relevance: We are in a digital
revolution! This simply means that it takes a teacher being a digital literate
to be relevant in today’s educational environment. When teachers teach online,
they develop and improve such relevance.
Developing
of communication, creative and collaboration skills:
Teachers who teach online easily develop communication, creative, critical
thinking and collaborative skills, which form the core components of digital literacy.
Time
saving and convenience: Online classes are more time-saving and
convenient for teachers. It takes less time to prepare and update lesson plans,
set and grade students’ assessment tests etc- when teaching online than it is
with offline system. Besides, you can always work at your own convenience.
Less
stress: When teachers master the right tips for preparing online
classes, they begin to enjoy a less-stress educational environment.
So many
helpful tools to create online courses: Teachers who teach online
have access to unlimited wealth of helpful tools and materials to create their
lessons. Most of these tools help teachers to automate their works.
Multipurpose
usage of a single course: One thing about online
classes is that once you prepare a material for a particular class, you can use
the same material- with little or no additional labour- to teach in so many
other classes. You can also convert your online class materials to other usage.
Income
generation: Today’s teachers should seek for second income options, and one
of such easy ways to do this is to convert their digital contents to cash. Every
single work a teacher does online can be a source of a lifetime income for that
teacher.
For Parents
Online
classes offers them:
Cost saving
and convenience: Usually, those who oppose the idea of online classes will always
tell you that it’s a costly venture. But those of us in edtech knows that it’s
not true. In online classes, parents pay less for more.
Alternative
measures in the wake of global crisis like covid-19 pandemic: In the
wake of global crisis, like the current Covid-19 pandemic, leading to sudden
shut down of schools, online classes remain the best alternative for parents to
have their children educated. Aside, Covid-19, there are other imminent global
crisis that would force school children to remain at home for long. This is
where online classes play a huge part. Parents just love it.
Digital
literacy development: When children lean online, they usually do it
with the help of their parents at home. Hance, by helping and monitoring their
wards, parents get to develop digital literacy skills. This is an added
advantage.
Real time
assessment of their wards' academic abilities: With
online classes, it’s now very easy for parents to assess their wards’ academic
abilities, without relying only on the end-of-term report from their wards’
schools. Such real time feedback helps parents to intervene in time where need
be.
The world is ripe for online learning. Whether you call it edtech,
e-learning, digital literacy etc, the issue is this: we need to all encourage
it and work towards improving the lot of online classes.
This is not the time to play the Ostritch as a school
owner/manager or district head.
The time is now! Plug into it…
You can do any of these or both:
1.
Get this eBook: Comprehensive
Success Guide for Schools in a Digital Revolution
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2.
Join our online class: COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO BUILDING AN
EFFECTIVE ONLINE SCHOOL