Online Learning

Online Learning

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Online Learning, also called Distant Education and Digital learning, is learning accompanied and aided by technology. Digital learning has a spectrum of implementations, resulting in many variations of the practice. Online learning has recently had a surge in implementation and thrust into the public eye due to the Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in it being the subject of many debates on it's 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. Some examples of instructional methods using technology include blended/hybrid learning, fully online learning, flipped learning, 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.

Technologies

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.