Most of the learners new to online learning think that taking an online course is comparatively easier than face-to–face course. Many online courses are asynchronous, which means that they can be taken anytime anywhere. This leads to the problem of self-discipline, which can be an issue for many first-time online [...]
There is an ever increasing ocean of knowledge around us which calls for efficient and improved knowledge acquisition techniques so that maximum knowledge can be retained by the learners. Moreover, the dynamically changing business environment puts completely different challenges on learning process – fast, just-in-time, cheap and relevant learning. E-learning [...]
Howard Gardner defined nine intelligences possessed by humans, i.e., multiple intelligences. These are visual/spatial, verbal/linguistic, logical/mathematical, bodily/kinesthetic, musical/rhythmic, interpersonal and intrapersonal/reflective, naturalist and existential (Table 1). Although we all possess all of these intelligences, we develop and utilize them differently. The awareness of multiple intelligences is useful to an online instructor [...]
According to Wikipedia, online tutoring is a teaching process that occurs virtually, where teachers and students interact in different places of the world and at same or different times, through the Internet.Online tutoring helps to meet previously unmet needs by some educational institutions. Students with limited time and locomotion are [...]
Technology is offering new tools for information and communication in all fields of life and education is no exception. Internet has brought about a new possibility that never existed before in the history of mankind: face-to-face learning from a distance! Distance education in the form of correspondence courses has [...]
Volunteering is an activity of free choice, driven by altruism and cooperation in favor of a social cause in order to serve and help the less privileged. In the educational field, volunteering aims at learning and the development of pedagogical knowledge that will meet the needs of a School, University, [...]