The benefits of online education.
Why online learning?
Because you can learn at any time from anywhere. Goodbye boring and long classes. Parents can be part of the learning experience and attend their children while playing educational games.
One stop shop. Every child has his/her own way of learning, some learn via visual elements, some are learning by doing. In addition, parents have the chance to observe and monitor child's learning process without interfering via a proper reporting mechanism. An educational website could provide all these under one umbrella.
Expose to knowledge. Many of the educational programs are designed by teachers and educators across the globe, and some can not be found and learned from books. The home playground is the world wide knowledge.
Less intimidating than in the classroom. Anonymity provides a level of playing field undisturbed by age, gender or color. A child can take more time to think before making a decision rather.
Whether we like it or not, the Internet represents the future. And your child would better get used to it. Nowadays, many people have to attend classes in order to learn how to use the computer and to navigate on the Internet.
Today, the online medium is quite handy. So you can use the educational services offered by an adequate website whenever you like. You can use the didactic material as a primary source of education or as a secondary one, for thorough study.
If you supervise and guide your child’s interests on the Internet, you can successfully influence him or her to use it in a positive manner, and not just for playing games or doing other useless or leisure things that many children consider interesting.
Moreover, don’t forget that good educational websites are playful and meaningful. So they’re useful and pleasant at the same time. And this combination is always a successful one, regardless of one’s activity.
Note:
1. Coleman, Stephanie, “Why Do Students Like Online Learning?”. Last accessed on 29th of March, 2010 at < http://www.worldwidelearn.com/education-articles/benefits-of-online-learning.htm >.
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