About the Book

Online Learning

Online learning is a method of delivering educational information via the internet instead of in a physical classroom. There are many different applications for online learning, ranging in scope from simple downloadable content through to structured programmes that include assessment and award. Study to you helps people who are looking to study online find accredited online courses and programmes. Online learning removes the traditional boundaries of time and location to offer you the flexibility not often found in other academic situations. You are not required to be in a physical classroom and can set your own pace and choose the most convenient time and place to study. Online education utilizes the Internet or video conferencing to create learning communities. Course materials are provided on a Web site and are occasionally found on CD-ROM; email, bulletin boards, forums, and chat rooms are used to interact with other students and teachers. Online learning can enhance traditional forms of education. It may take place in the classroom or workplace, it may be performed at home, at online access centers, or at a public library. Online learning provides hands-on experience using information technologies and makes it easier for students to access learning and customized lessons. The book walk proved to be an invaluable guide to those entire people-teachers, administrators and students, seriously concerned with education and its quality and its effective dissemination to an ever-growing student population. CONTENTS: (1) Attitudes about Online Learning (2) Web-based Learning (3) Online Teaching and Learning (4) Pedagogy and Technology for Online Education (5) Group Development in Online Education (6) The Online Newspapers Learning (7) Emerging Theories and Online Learning Environments for Adults.