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Online Learning

Online Learning, also sometimes referred to as Distant Education ^[1] and Digital learning, is learning accompanied and aided by technology ^[2]. Digital learning has a spectrum of implementations, resulting in many variations of the practice. In recent years, online learning experienced a surge in implementation due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This increased relevancy led to an increased amount of coverage and increased visibility to the public eye ^[3], resulting in Digital Learning being the subject of many debates on its efficiency in comparison to traditional classroom learning.

Background

Some online learning is merely an enhancement of in-person instruction, while other variations have all of the instruction being done through some sort of technology^[4]. Some examples of instructional methods using technology include blended/hybrid learning, fully online learning, flipped learning^[5], digital tutoring, personalized learning, gamification, and others. Digital tools can also be utilized to create online learning experiences by non-instructors with students individually seeking out instructional and learning materials through technology.^[6]

Blended learning

Collaborative learning

^[7]

Fully online learning

Gamification

History

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Technologies

^[13] There are many technologies that can be utilized for digital instruction. Tools like video conference technology have particularly contributed significantly to the practice of online learning, as they are one of the tools making distance learning a possibility^[14].

Zoom, Bluejeans, Google Meet, and other video conferencing tools

Gamified Learning Websites

Youtube

Khan Academy

Ebooks

Reactions to Digital Learning

Positive

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Negative

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References

1. ↑ Reed, M. (2020). 5 Distance Learning Technology Must-Haves. [online] Wwt.com. Available at: https://www.wwt.com/article/five-technology-must-haves-distance-learning.
2. ↑ Davis, L. (2020). Digital Learning: What to Know in 2020. [online] Schoology.com. Available at: https://www.schoology.com/blog/digital-learning
3. ↑ Li, C., Lalani, F. and World Economic Forum (2020). The rise of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. [online] World Economic Forum. Available at: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/coronavirus-education-global-covid19-online-digital-learning/].‌
4. ↑ https://www.schoology.com/blog/digital-learning
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_technology#:~:text=Cookie%20statement-,%22About%20Flipped%20Classrooms%22,-.%20Archived%20from%20the
6. ↑ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1472811717303051?casa_token=QElISFQA33YAAAAA:-rcsxuyXAkyBTBhqHAKMI1LX_xOuAQW9Uye-YKoHTic5z6vrfr7MWLy_oDA06MHO-BJsLJgc
7. ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David-Curtis-8/publication/228714854_Exploring_collaborative_online_learning/links/02e7e52967183b6c73000000/Exploring-collaborative-online-learning.pdf
8. ↑ https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED529699
9. ↑ https://ictlogy.net/bibliography/reports/projects.php?idp=3138&lang=ca
10. ↑ http://treeves.coe.uga.edu/edit6900/BertelsmannReeves98.pdf
11. ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261710379_Building_a_Global_Network
12. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_technology#:~:text=Cookie%20statement-,%22As%20Schools%20Close%20Over%20Coronavirus%2C%20Protect%20Kids%27%20Privacy%20in%20Online%20Learning%22,-.%20Human%20Rights%20Watch
13. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080705012345/http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/
14. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=w8xIPSTfZBUC&lpg=PP8&ots=fRgkmEaQW6&dq=different%20kinds%20of%20learning%20technology&lr&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q&f=false
15. ↑ https://www.thencat.com/Articles/erm0352.pdf
16. ↑ https://www.desu.edu/sites/flagship/files/document/16/how_people_learn_book.pdf