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Online Education And Face With Face Education Essay

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Online Education and Face to Face Education

Online education (also known as e-learning) is gathering momentum across all universities, all disciplines and across all age groups of university students. Online education can be defined as technology-based learning in which learning materials are delivered electronically to remote learners via a computer network. A recent survey by Babson College [1] indicates in Fall 2014, 28% of students in U.S. were enrolled in a minimum of one online course. This is 3.7% higher from the earlier year. This rising popularity can be attributed to many factor including (a) The rise of technology and visualization tools to enhance the educational experience of students (b) The demands from working professional for them to have flexibility in taking courses at any time so that they can strike a balance between their educational goals and professional and personal lives [2] (c) The rising tuition costs in face to face courses (d) The lack of classroom infrastructure in the universities to accommodate high enrollment and more students in the campus (e) Learning at a pace that is appropriate to the students skillset and (f) freedom for those who are overwhelmed or feel stressful in the classroom environment.

This increasing popularity often translates to another question: Can online education replace face to face education, in the coming years? My position on this, is that the face to face learning is more effective, highly impactful, it has

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