Virtual Schooling Is A Viable Entity For Educating Students

Technology has been able to provide advancements in quality of life across the world. One of the biggest forms of technology is the use of the internet in a variety of different business sectors. One of the fastest growing forms of Internet use revolves around online schooling. The result is not only because of the access of the Internet, but the vast amount of resources now available just a click away. Online schooling provides several advantages and disadvantages, but the new opportunities afforded due to the change are winning out.

Central phenomenon (McMillan, pp. 52-53) – the focus of qualitative research. Virtual school curriculum could be studied and the central phenomenon would be who writes the curriculum and what resources are included in the curriculum.

Virtual community is what we are becoming nowadays. As most people tend to go for online more instead of communicating through face to face learning. if students are asked why they chose to take an online class instead of face to face learning the most diffuse answer would probably be that the primary reason for online learning is that it serve the students that are unable to attend school. ” the number of students that enrolled in at least one online course is projected to increase by 19.8 present from 2002 to 2003 or total of 1.9 million students” by (Allen and Seaman, 2003). Students need to consider the difference between online learning and face to face learning before deciding which form of instruction to take. Face

The world today is slowly changing into a technologically advanced universe where teaching methods are changing by the day. With growing tension on how individuals want to approach today’s learning system, many find themselves stuck between brick and mortal schools and today’s new rising learning choice, online schools. But why online schools? Online schools have become a safer and more comfortable learning alternative to brick and mortal schools.

"The future is outside the traditional campus, outside the traditional classroom. Distance learning is coming on fast," says management philosopher Peter Drucker (qtd. in Ebeling and Gubernick). One form of distance learning, on-line education (courses offered over the Internet), has caught the eye of the public and is forcing educators to reevaluate the present state of the educational system. Because of their convenience, cost, and amount of and access to readily-available information, these on-line classes, specifically those in math and computer science, are becoming more and more prevalent throughout the Internet community.

Central phenomenon (McMillan, pp. 52-53) – The focus of qualitative research. Virtual school curriculum could be studied and the central phenomenon would be who writes the curriculum and what resources are included in the curriculum.

Many advocates of distance education are ardent about their venue and very critical of traditional education. These online education devotees view traditional classes as being unchangeable, inflexible, teacher-centered, and static (Fitzpatrick 2001). However, proponents argue that many simply would not be able to get a degree without distance education—the full-time police officer, the mother of four, or the individual living in a rural area approximately 100-200 miles away from any educational institution. Many individuals desperately need distance education courses because they "have jobs, families, civic responsibilities. They are thirsting. But some want us to say, 'Sorry you don't want to drink the water there, but we can't bottle our fresh spring water, so you'll have to come here or drink nothing" (Fox, 1998, p. 5). Proponents contend that distance education is "as good as" traditional education. In other words, learning occurs

The fast-paced rise of technology has introduced many topics up for debate, one of them being online learning. Which is the better option: traditional or online classes? Online education has become more and more popular with a “3.9% increase in the number of [online] education students” (2015) and “5.8 million students enrolled in online courses in the fall of 2014” (2015). When we look at the nuts and bolts of a traditional classroom setting compared to an online classroom setting, it becomes clear that online classes are the way to go. Not only do the many benefits of online learning heavily outweigh the small amount of benefits of traditional learning, there are also statistics to prove this and the educated opinions of educators

The digital era has created a revolutionary structure to higher education using the internet. Technology has changed the way students can interact with their instructors and classroom instruction through portals that institutions have created on their specific websites for degree and non-degree seeking students. The benefits of online courses range from different avenues to create an educational environment that provides more options to classroom instructions. Online higher education is an exceptional alternative to traditional classroom learning due to the convenience, peer interaction, cost, and self-pacing aspects of the institution.

Today when one hears words like online learning or distance education, thoughts of digitized content, and images of different types of technological media frequently come to mind. However, traditionally it has been revealed that distance education is actually not a new phenomenon at all.

The process for designing an educational environment online is a unique experiment and must be done in a methodical manner. The equipment, multimedia, and software and hardware all has to be incorporated into a virtual space that can be access by multiple user simultaneously as well as on the individual’s time and location. Providing this type of service requires a standardized preparation and planning for the virtual experience to be beneficial to its users. Simply logging on to the web and reading text and watching videos that are online is not adequate enough to meet the requirement for learning and earning a degree (see page 4). The curriculum must be designed with purpose and be meaningful, in order for the learning experience to be

It is a becoming increasingly popular among nontraditional students (those not within the age bracket of 18-24), and schools need to embrace online learning as a supplementary tool for the benefit of the student, the faculty, and the university itself.

"Distance education is a process that creates and provides access to learning when time and distance separate the source of information and the learners"(Zhang, 1998, p.1). Distance education defies time and space and can help create a "virtual schoolhouse, or a ‘classroom without walls’"(Wheat, 1998, p.1). The "need to take the distance out of education has not been driven largely by sheer need to bridge physical separations. It has been based mainly on providing access as open as possible to those who are willing to avail themselves of the opportunities education affords them"(Tam, 1998, p.3). "Education needs to reach those who are disadvantaged by location, finance, time, and resources"(Tam, 1998, p.3).

Another strength of the distance learning is the collaboration between the instructor and students. According to Hofmann (2002), some tools or programs such as bulletin boards, chat rooms, electronic mail, and white boards all encourage students to communicate with their instructor and each other. Online communication brings students’ broad and interesting opinions into the class bulletin without any hesitation or anxiety. Those who have high anxiety about face-to-face talk or communication in front

There is a lot of poor communication in online classes. There will be students who will never email the instructors for more details about an assignment, or, there will be older students who don’t know how to email the instructors for more details. If the student doesn’t understand an assignment, and never emails to ask for more details, can result in a poor grade for the lack of knowledge in knowing what they’re doing. There’s one final drawback to not having social interactions with instructors; Students can potentially miss out on building relationships that can result in helpful guidance and recommendation letters down the road when needed.