4. Definition
• Online learning can be defined as the new age open and distance
learning that uses network technologies to deliver teaching and
learning and interaction for sense making and development of sense
making and understanding.
Also e-book and e-journal is defined as electronic version of printed
book and e-book can and do exist without any printed equivalent.
6. Asynchronous learning
• Characteristic for asynchronous learning is the fact that that the
trainer prepares the courseware material before the course takes place.
The learner is free to decide when he wants to study the courseware
• Examples include:
• self paced courses taken via Internet or CD-Rom
• E-books and e-journals
• stored audio/video Web presentations or seminars
• recorded audio tapes
• Q & A mentoring
• reading e-mail messages
7. E-books & E-journals
• An E-Book is an electronic version of a traditional print book that can
be read by using a personal computer or by using an eBook reader.
• Electronic journals, also known as e-journals, e-journals, and
electronic serials, are scholarly journals or intellectual magazines that
can be accessed via electronic transmission.
8. Benefits
Fosters pedagogical innovation and
relevance that avoids teaching from the
textbook
Broadens use of alternatives to textbooks
while maintaining instructional quality
Lowers cost of course materials for
students
No need to carry heavy school Bags.
E-resources serve as a platform for
random access to multiple users at the
same time and save plenty of time.
9. Benefits
Books and journals have found their way to
the desktops of students and research
scholars.
Thanks to the invention of electronic
resources, easy, quick and anytime access
to books and journals have made an
effective learning.
10. Impacts on teaching learning process
• Wide reach and consistent
Deepens understanding
• Promotes collaborate learning
• Gives new approach to learning and working
Flexible and rich medium for students
Paves way for personality development
• Increases social skills
• Creates interest in learning
• Improves efficiency both in learning and teaching
11. Newslink
Thousands of Chinese students can now listen to Yale University’s lectures. Over the
past few months, China‘s top-ranked volunteer translation group, YYeTs, has subtitled
10 of Yale University’s Open Courses for viewers to download for free.
By Lulu Tsao (China Daily)
Updated: 2010-08-27
(http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/2010-08/27/content_11214639.htm)