3 Ways to E-learning Is Changing The Education System For The Better

3 Ways to E-learning Is Changing The Education System For The Better: I have been a part of the education industry for over seven years now and feel that there may come a time when the conventional and the near-obsolete Indian college education system will be replacing with e-learning.

3 Ways to E-learning Is Changing The Education System For The Better

Currently, the nation battles a spate of issues like skill-gap and employability, and the broken education system is riddling with problems ranging from an outdating syllabus, lack of hands-on practical experience, lack of quality educators, and so forth.

The points out the sad and scary state of India’s engineering system and presents the difficulty graduates face while looking for a job.

However, e-learning is gaining popularity in India. To illustrating how it is bringing change into the lives of Indian youth, let me share the two stories.

The First Story

The first story is of Akhil Yada, who is pursuing B.Tech in ECE. Akhil got a campus placement in business analytics profile instead of VLSI, a domain in which he wants to make his career.

Following a friend’s advice, he applies for an internship at DRDO but could not land one due to lack of relevant skills. Soon, he is enrolling in 6-week online training in VLSI and mastering the basics.

As a part of this training, he is designing an adaptive filter using VHDL, and the knowledge he had gained during this stint helping him land a 2-month internship with the Research Centre Imarat, DRDO.

The Second Story

The second story is of Kapil Arora. Kapil has an idea for a start-up but cannot implement it because he was unfamiliar with web design. He thought of hiring a Web Developer, but it was not economical for him.

So, he started learning web development online. Once he completed the training, he designed the web pages using HTML and CSS, deployed a database, and integrated the Paytm payment gateway.

After a month of learning and writing codes, he went live with his start up, Indian Mistry is a platform connecting customers with local mechanics and maintenance specialists at pocket-friendly prices.

As the culture of e-learning and internships spreads in the country, students will find a more efficient way to gain a meaningful education.

They will learn a skill online, compliment it with a course, and repeat this cycle till they hit that sweet spot.

The year 2000s saw the internet bring revolution across different sectors, from ordering food to hailing a cab.

It has also brought in a revolution in the education sector; on the one hand, teachers use technology in their classrooms to make learning interesting for students.

And on the other hand, students use the internet to do more in-depth research on the subjects of their interest.

Today, the e-learning industry is set to disrupt the higher education industry by solving three significant issues

Access

E-learning is bringing universities and professors to your homes and hostels through mobiles and computers.

Specific skills like artificial intelligence and machine learning are upcoming in India, but these fields are not accessible to a lot of students owing to different constraints.

E-learning is a straightforward approach to tackle this problem and to cater to students as the educators cannot be present everywhere, especially in rural areas and tier 2/3 cities.

In fact, having realised the significance of e-learning, the Ministry of Human Resources and Development and state skill development bodies like APSSDC have started uploading lectures online so that they can be easily accessed by the students anytime and anywhere.

Quality

In a country like India with few premier colleges which have limited seats, most students are not able to get a quality education.

A reported issue by MHRD in the year 2017 pointed out that some schools have a fewer number of teachers than the requiring amount.

Due to this, teachers are not able to focus on the students in the classrooms nor are the students able to utilise their time spent in the classrooms.

With evolving technology, there are new developments in different fields of study every day, and these changes cannot include in the syllabus.

Through online learning, students have access to quality education, imparting by seasoning professors and professionals on their tips. It can also provide personalised content to the students.

While online learning is bringing quality education to students, it is also making the entire learning experience fun.

Gamified learning with the quizzes and challenges holds the interest of students and is in a way, more engaging than classroom learning.

Affordability

To providing quality education to their children, parents have to shell out money right from school to the college education.

The associating cost of a degree in a traditional brick-and-mortar college is comparatively higher than the one-time price attaching to online learning.

Not just the education, the student has to take care of lodging and commuting as well.

Quality education comes at a high cost, but with the advent of e-learning resources, students can access it at a much lower price through e-learning.

Through e-learning, students can focus on becoming employable, discover their real interests efficiently regarding money and time spent, and build their dream career.

It is just the beginning of the revolutionary concept of e-learning which has the potential to disrupt the education system in India and provide a better learning environment for the students.

So, these are the points to describe the 3 Ways to E-learning is Changing the Education System for The Better.

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