E-Learning Tools: Address the Challenges of Learning
Gone are the days of simply using the paper - pen methods to study. Today, individuals and organizations prefer to use technology based tools in the learning process. For example, we see educational institutions relying on the internet, emailing system, and servers to teach classes and formulate an improved connection with potential students. Again, Web 2.0 has familiarized us with a range of concepts such as social media, blogs, wikis, hosted servers, and more that has led to sharing of creative and up-to-date knowledge with the global audience.
Let's see how e-learning tools are addressing the crucial challenges of the learning sector.
Freely Accessible
You can use an online learning web platform, 24/7. Most e-learning solutions are freely available on the internet (examples: Moodle, Sakai, etc.). They are called open-source platforms, most popular and commonly use interfaces, amongst the educational and training companies these days. You can easily start using any of these platforms, provided you have internet connectivity on your computer or laptop or on any other web enabled device.
Easy to Manage
No paperwork, no carrying files and folders any more. E-learning technology has made it possible to easily manage students and classes online. Students can be informed via emails about the pending status of their admission fees; you can also send instant notification when a specific class or training program is being re-scheduled. Thus, class organizers can do all the necessary work in half the time with the help of an online system. Besides, integrating an online reporting module within your learning management system will enable you to generate multiple reports, eliminating the usage of any paperwork.
Online Registration
While you decide to take classes online, you can use an online solution to streamline your student registration and management processes. No extra manpower is required to man the registration desk separately; you can manage it all by yourself. Potential registrants can log onto the registration portal from just about any location and fill up the form and submit the same with just a click of the computer mouse. If they want to edit their already submitted forms later, they have the option to do that too (within of course a limited time period).
Easy Interaction
Students can interact with school authorities, teachers, and fellow classmates over Skype, via emails, chats, online forums, and cell phones. Distance is no more a problem to continue learning, as everything from class enrollment to viewing course catalogs, downloading examination forms, can be done over the internet.
Automatic Capturing and Storage
All registrant information gets automatically captured and stored in your computer database without you having to worry about manually re-entering and organizing the data. This in a way helps you generate varied reports within a limited span of time. Since you already have the data stored, you just need to copy paste it, to do the needful.