Disadvantages Of E Learning

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The advent of the Internet has already changed people’s work patterns and lifestyles. A growing number of universities are now considering e-learning education, which allows them to complete a degree more easily. The e-learning expert Rosenberg thinks that e-learning is to use network technology to strengthen the knowledge transfer and job performance of a series of solutions. He points out that e-learning based on three criteria: first, e-learning connected into a net, which means it can updates, storage, use, distribution and share the teaching content or information; Second, e-learning using standard network technology, through the computer to a terminal students; Third, e-leaning focuses on the macroscopic study, which beyond the traditional …show more content…

Even though e-learning is different from traditional college education, e-learning has some distinct advantages. In contrast with conventional education, e-learning is flexible, thereby making it possible for people to overcome barriers to education. e-learning does not only mean distance education, online teaching can also play an important role in the traditional campus teaching, also, the remote network education, some conventional teaching means and teaching methods is also very important. E - Learning completely replace the traditional classroom teaching is not realistic, traditional classroom teaching in terms of knowledge, social, interactive has a huge advantage. E-learning enter into the campus is not a substitute for traditional teaching style, but constantly collide with each other, and the traditional teaching gradually integration …show more content…

Five teachers in the interview have been asked "have you ever heard of e - learning?", the answer is "yes, but the understanding of e - learning very superficial". This shows that e - learning as a concept as same popular as e-commerce, teachers have heard of the term, but the understanding of the specific meaning of the concept of e - learning is still in the perceptual cognitive level. In addition, the two teachers talked about they had heard of the concept of e - learning three or four years ago, suggesting that e - learning is not something new for college teachers. In the interview, 13 teachers' understanding of the concepts of e - learning is discussed. Among them, 6 teachers think that e - learning is a kind of study way based on digital and electronic environment; Four teachers think that e - learning is online learning based on network environment; Three teachers think that e - learning is a study way based on digital and electronic environment, in a narrow sense is the online learning based on network environment. The concept of e-learning can be found that almost half (46%) of teachers think that e - learning concept of the "e" is the abbreviation of electronic. The presenter of e-learning, JayCros thinks that “e” is not the most important part in the e-leaning, but “learning” is important and “doing” is more important than “learning”. So, e - learning researchers and practitioners should

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