Education

Education

Online Education is a useful asset that many consumers use who have access to the internet. Learning online comes in a verity of forms; audio, video and literate are examples of the three main ways in which website and individuals try to teach the consumer about their desired topic.

There are numerous advantages to learning online, as many teachers choose to make their material free for anyone to see and use, only asking for donations if the customer feels obliged, however there are also websites that require a subscription, for a client to access the material on offer.

Throughout the online education system there are flaws as well, sometimes information can be false or the teaching itself extremely poor and almost too hard to follow, with this in mind it is important to make sure that the site you are using to learn from is both reliable and correct, as some people find themselves more confused at the end then when they started.

Some of most popular online education sites make vast sums of money; a good example of this is a well known site to many pupils across Britain. My Maths, this website is known for both its brilliant teaching, homework activities and revision pages. Many students and adults alike set up accounts with My Maths as it is fundamentally one of the best maths online sites.

The My Math website itself is literate based; however it incorporates numerous animations and pictures to liven up the entire experience. The site itself covers all GCSE topics and the start of many As level topics as well. It is no teaching substitute, however as a teaching aid it excels immensely, the site allows for teachers to set online homework’s, which are marked for them allowing both the staff and the student to know immediately after the grade achieved and overall percentage success. Similar topics can be set to be taught throughout the site, for students further ahead allowing increased individual progress to be made without the teacher’s aid. For all these reasons many schools purchase a license to use the site for all students present. Students receive then both a school and student login, meaning they may access all of the topics and their own personal page tracking their unique progress throughout the site. My Maths for this reason is one of the most successful online education sites and is used daily by thousands who study maths both in and out of school.

An example of an undedicated website to online learning is YouTube. Although it is a site allowing anyone to upload a personal video of themselves, today numerous educational aids can be found within the site to help students off any calibre to achieve in near enough any subject or skill. Videos range from showing As Maths to how to play guitar and more. However the educational videos are submitted by users and at their own will so the information may not always be correct as with dedicated sites such as My Maths, were complete correctness is assured. The advantage with YouTube is that the education comes a Video and Audio form most commonly, this therefore allows for study to take place more like it would in a lesson as you have a teacher talking to you and therefore a learning environment is created in which many feel more focused and therefore inclined to learn. YouTube itself also has the added addition of commenting meaning that successful videos stand out for both their clarity and teaching quality. As YouTube it free therefore the videos are too, however if consumer feel obliged donation can be made to most pages that are notoriously successful in their teaching ability.

It is not only academic education that may be found online, videos can be found throughout YouTube for with topics such as Cooking, Guitar and mechanics. Not only on YouTube but dedicated websites have been set up to cater for all types of educational needs an whatever you want to learn you can be sure to find a page that aids in this experience.

Cooking recipes are one of the most commonly posted educational subjects posted online, they are found mainly in a literate state but videos are also common in the helping the consumer to cook and present the dish. You can tend to find that for whatever recipe you see on television there will be a dedicated website to which this may be found online, showing pictures of the dish, a literate recipe plan and videos of how the dish was made. Great examples of this would be the BBC Food and Recipe website, here dishes from any cooking programme broadcast by the BBC can be found, the recipes themselves are mainly literate, but alone are great sources of education for creating a dish.

The flaws of Online Education are mainly the validity of the information you are learning. With subscription websites you can be assured that the information you are learning is correct, such as My Maths. However with videos on YouTube, the extent of the overall correctness with a video lesson is unclear. It depends mainly on the calibre of the teacher and their skill as one.

Throughout the internet there is a mass of free education from which anyone at any time can access to learn, they range from the BBC Bite size website to the marvel that is YouTube, however they all share the desire for the spread of information and the benefits to the consumer it may bring.

Due to this we can conclude that with introduction of Online Educational websites it is no wonder that there is a large market and enormous profits to be made, as everyone’s desire to learn will at some stage lead them to the internet and from here perhaps we may see the start of all education being done via the internet.