Contemporary Online Learning Scenario
Annabella S. David
With the growing popularity and profits in the eLearning industry, more and more courses are extending to the online environment. However, there is an equal growth in the challenges as well. In order to improve your course quality, it is crucial to first work out the following challenges: Lack of learning motivation and engagement in students. It is a challenging task to engage the students in online mode and expect the same level of attention from them. Non-mobility of online courses. Many online courses are available in desktop versions only. Students find it difficult to browse the pages on their mobile devices. Complex course structure. Learning is best when comes in a flow. It is a challenge to structure a flow comprehensible by the learners of all level. Many times, students find it difficult to navigate on the eLearning websites. Complex tech savvy requirements for course creation. Not all subject experts are tech savvy. They hardly comprehend .Therefore, it is difficult to come up with an online teaching platform offering quality course creation without being a little complicated. An absence of efficient course analytics. Online teaching is incomplete without assessing the progress of learners. It is a complicated implementation, and even some of the best eLearning platforms lack analytics. Most of them depend on additional Learning Management Systems to analyze teaching and learning progress. Outdated course content. Courses once created and uploaded on online learning platforms remain there for a long time. It is important to update the courses and information regularly to comply with the latest events and requirements. Monotonous course design. Online teaching is not just about creating PDFs or Slides. It is a combination of numerous ways to transfer knowledge using multiple mediums. A course merely designed on slides or text-based formats sounds monotonous and fails to engage the students to the desired level.
The author is Teacher
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III at Pampanga High School, Division of City of san
Fernando, (P)