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Role of Elearning technology in satisfying the online students through 10 must-haves

2/26/2016

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Elearning as the name suggests offer an effective path to the candidates to learn over the web. Many a times it has been noticed that the students demand certain features from the online study programs that are many a times contradictory. In order to satify and meet the demands of those students the online institutions often take measures that are effective. To see to the growing demands of the students who wants to opt for an online course and accordingly reach upto their expectations, a survey is conducted every year with a large number of candidates who are atleast 18 years of age and have a high school degree.


How does the large scale survey deal with the contradictory demands of the online students?
Its very natural that the students
in general who go for an online course have certain expectations with their study schedules. However, since they are not on campus learning programmes, they often have quarries whether this e-learning mode will be beneficial for them. In order to resolve the issue, the online institutions like the Learning House and the Aslanian Market Research every year conduct a survey on the aspect. The aim of the survey is to provide a detailed guideline to the experiences of the already passed out students since enrollment till graduation. These experiences could be used to generate interest in the future students for online mode of study and also to encourage the growing popularity of online education. 
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What are the 10 haves that must be there to appease the online learners?
Keeping in mind the expectations of the online learners, 10 haves have been introduced which must be there for meeting the demands of the online learners. Have a look..!


Online learning must improve student's career:Since online studies help the students stay updated with the market skills, and technological advancements, shift their career, switch from jobs and get promotions, one must go for the learning mode for advancements.

Must promote personalised learning: The online learning concept must promote personalised learning experiences to reach the wide number of students and their diverse requirements.

Must be flexible: The entire concept of Elearning must be flexible. The process should include shorter academic terms, easy credit transfer policies, informative websites, speedy response on admission decisions, transfer credit reviews and financial aid packaging.

Must provide enough information: Since the online form of study depend mainly on information from the websites, it is highly recommended that the webpages have proper and accurate information that will help the learners in their growth.

The website for online learning must be great: The website for online learning must be great in respect to its design and quality of information offered. The webpages of an online educational site must have responsive designs and therefore should be attractive for mobile view. The information offered must be updated and of high quality.

Must be affordable: The online study should be the most affordable way for learning and must offer free online courses like MOOCs. In a recent survey, more than 70% of the students have reported that they have opted for the most affordable institution to pursue with career growth.

Must be interactive: The online form of learning must be interactive. Students must get the opportunity to contact and speak to the experts online and get their doubts answered.

Blended Learning should be a part: Apart from offering the full time online courses, the institutions must also offer blended form of learning in case a full online course for a subject is not available. This way the students from all parts of the world get flexibility with their learning materials.

Must have clear data: The data provided by the online institutions must be clear to all the students. The learning agencies must answer quarries like price, self study options, faculty advisors or job placement rates.

Must target all age-group people: The online mode of study must subject to all age group students. This way more and more learners with their diverse expectations could be met online. 
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Future of Elearning on the advancement of the learners
The future of Elearning will see its advancements from chalkboards to chatboards. People will get more used to blended learning, MOOCs, mobile learning technologies and gamification. The education domain has evolved to a large extent. Especially in the education industry, the concept of Elearning has revolutionised the form of education to such an extent that the online students besides studying can also take tests over the internet and even could track their progress online.



Inference drawn
The online form of learning though has been a trend now days, it gives rise to number of expectations from the students. However, since they are not on campus learning programmes, they often have quarries whether the learning mode will be beneficial for them. In order to satisfy and meet the demands of those students the online institutions often take measures that are effective.



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