E-education

Online education has revolutionised the way education works in school. Today, internet is often used instead of a library. The World Wide Web has a major effect on education and it’s likely to stay long and develop further more. Teachers can now set homework assignments on the internet and students can complete the task at home on their computers, Such as my maths.Online education doesn’t require student to visit an actual classroom and listen to an instructor face to face.Online education is truly about student convenience. Students can check in, work assignment and turn them in when their schedules permit.

There are many websites that allows children to revise their work example of these includes
BBC website
My maths
You-tube
Excel
VLE (Virtual learning environment)
Online forums

One of the most popular education services is the one offered by mymaths and BBC bite size. This is effectively a large database of knowledge applicable for students studying GCSES and A-levels.

BBC website: this site is a great revision website for student of all ages from KS2 all the way to KS4. Bite size in invaluable because it is easily accessible from home or school and it has such wide publicity. Revision is made easier in the site as it provides student with what they need to revise, and then test them on it. As well as being able to read information online, you are also able to listen to different topic, (very good for audio learners) this gives a more personal experience when using the website. BBC bite size gives GCSE student the ability to top test themselves on their different subjects as well as revise previous work. One advantages of bite size is that when a student is seriously sick and missed so many classes, they can catch up on whole topics, therefore preventing them from falling behind. Coming to UK in 2008 and stating school in 2008, I found it very difficult to understand the teachers, but after been introduced to BBC bite size, thing became easier for me as I began to understand thing more.

My maths:  is a subscription websites for schools across the world. My maths is used in 70 countries and around 4million student every years uses it. My maths offers a fully interaction online solutions for all ages and abilities. And it can be enjoyed 24hours weather from school or home. My maths works is by getting logging provided by the school this allows teacher to monitor your progress. My maths works through traffic light system, which is a clear indicator on how well you did in a subject. There are interactive lessons games and worksheet which are linked to a powerful assessment and also management system that allows you to teach in fun and dynamic way while tracking progress effectively.  Students and teachers have access to the results via the website; it also specifies what subjects need to be worked on, how many times it has been tried and when it was last attempted. with mymaths,Teachers can set specific lessons and homework’s for a wide range of topics.

YOU-TUBE: you tube is a collection of videos uploaded by members for sharing and watching by other member. Over the year, you-tube has attracted millions of viewers. Although this site uploads videos for personal use, many use it as an educational tool. The video ranges from teaching science, solving maths and learning how to draw and paint. You tube is not just academic, it can also be use by skilled students such as: dancing, cooking and hairdressing. However, these video are done by the user and the information given isn’t always correct.

Advantages
Very good for visual learners and audio learners
You tube also allows user to post comment and review videos meaning that others can look at the rating to enable them know what video to watch.
Have many clips in one topic, you can pick from anyone

Disadvantages
Sometime videos are not high standard
Works on download base, so for people with dial up connection and broadband limits it can become rather expensive.
Can have viruses attached to some videos.

Online forums

Online forums such as “student rooms” are seen as a free online education website this is a text based website. Here, student can interact with other student s through asking question and discussing it. One advantages of this is that you see other people view and opinion and the disadvantages is that other peoples view can be wrong and the information provided may not be 100% true or reliable. Many see this as another useful tool to revision.

Advantages of online education
Students can learn at their own pace
Work on assignment and turn them in when their schedules permits
The fact online education is free, students can research their homework’s and teacher can also use this to help students
Can give people who are unable to afford learning resources such as text book the opportunities to access education for free.
Cost: online education doesn’t require that you relocate to a new place or that you can forgo full time work.

Disadvantages of online education
May provide information of a poor standard and may be irrelevant, so its important that the site you are learning is reliable.
There is no face to face communication this is why so many people choose not to use online education.
Student can cheat through online education by also copying and pasting when giving course works

I personally use my maths frequently. As I am doing mathematics and statistics a-level, my maths have helped me a lot to understand what I didn’t get in class, as it goes through it slow. With my maths, I work at my pace and I can go back to it easily and revise that particular topic until I become an expert on it. Though online education is important and very helpful, but it’s also very difficult for me to concentrate sometime.