Online Classes: Future of the Education

Online education existed in the world decades ago as the first-ever completely online course was offered in 1984 by the University of Toronto. But online education was not in trend till 2019 but currently it is booming.

Why is online education currently booming?

As we all know that due to covid-19 the education system got stopped for a while because of all the precautions for stopping covid-19 virus from spreading, during this time of need when all education system was drowning, online education is a life-saver as it is the way of getting all the education that one needs without any contact with any person.

Are there any other pros of online education over offline one?

• It provides an opportunity to study from anywhere around the whole world.
• It provides the facility of recorded lectures, so one can rewatch the videos from anywhere and anytime.
• It provides students with uncountable choices to pick from.
• 3-d animations make the lectures more engaging and easy to grasp.
• It provides us with the facility to enrol into courses in foreign at the ease of sitting home.
• It provides an opportunity to enroll on many courses at the same time.
• A person can enrolon any course he/she is interested in. Well, there are way more pros of online education.

But are there any cons of offline classes? It provides an easier to procrastinate

• It requires that the person should be an active learner
• It provides way more freedom which results in the diversion of the minds of students to other places

But are these really disadvantages?

Well, in my opinion,the above-stated points are not disadvantages. Like online classes provide much more freedom, but this freedom is actually good for students, they no longer need to spend time on something they are not interested in, but rather they can study something that they are really interested in. Online education provides us with an opportunity to explore ourselves and get to know what we are interested in.

So basically everything depends on the perspective of a person. A knife in the hands of a serial killer can lead to homicide while a knife in the hands of a chef will help him or her in cooking delicious food.

So, the students who really are interested in studying, are performing well even in online education and students who don’t want to study, have the freedom to do something else which they are really passionate about.

So basically, Online Education is a boon to human society as it has numerous advantages and some disadvantages are also there but they can be countered.

Even though online education offers so many advantages but still why is it the case that everyone wants to get back to regular offline classes?

It is because online education is lacking in face to face interaction and as we are humans face to face interactions provide a better opportunity for real and valuable engagement, without the distractions that communicating remotely can bring. The offline classes used to provide that sense of belongingness that this online education is majorly lacking in.

The online lectures now have progressed a lot and come a long way and are still trying to substitute face to face interaction with technology like various platforms where people can interact with each other and stay connected. I believe online education is the future of education and technology will find its way to substitute the interaction part in online education that is currently missing.