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The Essence of Online
Learning is a manual that
addresses people’s misconceptions
about online learning.
It deoxidizes the minds of
many people globally which
due to lack of knowledge, has
been oxidized by resistance to
technological change in the
education sector. I do believe
that you can agree with me on
the fact that technology has
played a pivotal role in simplifying
our daily operations.
Bearing in mind the same
note, the education sector was
not spared out also in benefiting
from such an opportunity.
This resulted in the development
of online learning or
e-learning where a student
just needs a computer and
reliable internet network and
power supply. This mode of
learning has come as a rescue
to many workers who due to
pressure could not leave their
jobs to attend a full-time program
and to those people who
could not afford large sums of
money to fund their program.
The advantages which associate
this learning mode such
as high degree of flexibility,
low cost, learning whilst
working (no disturbance of salary), effective time management
e.t.c are so powerful and
undoubtedly justify why there
is a great scramble for online
learning. Current researches
reveal that over 70% students
annually enroll in online programs
globally as compared to
traditional learning.
This has driven me
amongst a plethora of writers
to put my hand in justifying
the existence of online learning
and why it has become
the talk of the day. This
writing has been thoroughly
compiled in a very superb
way that Page 6 of 25 makes
it very comprehensive and
useful to the reader. The subject
matter was carefully and
skillfully worked out in such
a superior way that as soon
as you finish reading, your
thirst for enrolling in online
programs will be reigning supreme
in your mind. Just take
a sit and carefully go over it.
1.0 Learning
Learning can be defined
as the acquisition of knowledge
or skills through study,
experience, or being taught
by others who have better
knowledge about the subject
in question. It is clear from
this definition that when correctly
executed learning can
translate our lives for good
provided we take it seriously.
Through learning, skills and
knowledge are instilled in students
which when effectively
implemented after school will
bring prosperity to the user
and the society at large. For
this reason, learning has been
and is still regarded as the key
element that safe guards and
guarantees the success of any
economy whose goals are set
on prosperity.
1. Development of learning
Learning has been practiced
since the existence of
human beings on earth. If we
trace back in the history of
Africa, we can see that the
development of the calendar
started in Egypt through the
study of floods that seasonally
choked the Nile River. In
addition to that, the discovery
of writing found its roots in
Egypt where people designed
a form of writing called the
hieroglyphics.
Development in learning
system continued to gain much
ground especially due to massive
investment in technology.
People found better ways of learning which saw the learning
system formalized and
legalized. Schools were built all
over the world and at the same
time academic places were
then offered through advertising
and personal selling to
prospective students who had
to respond back in form of
application letters. The school
had to go through the application
and if the applicant met
the admission requirements,
then he or she was admitted
into the institution. This formal
learning system was termed
traditional learning.
1.2 Traditional learning
Traditional learning is a
form of learning in which
knowledge is imparted directly
into students by teachers or
tutors. This learning mode
commences soon after completing
the construction of
a brick-walled school and
gathering of all other facilities
necessary for delivering
quality learning. This mode of
learning is delivered through
two major methods namely
convectional and non-convectional
learning
1.2.1 Conventional learning
This is a part of formal
learning system where
students are enrolled into
full time programs. Students
are then required to attend
without fail all the lessons whilst in a classroom in
accordance with the program
learning time until the
enrolled program is finished.
In some institutions this form
of learning is called fulltime
learning because it does not
allow a student to learn whilst
in absence.
It should be noted that
conventional learning spread
all over the world and has been
accepted as the best learning
or training criteria that
produces high quality graduates.
In most African countries
today, a very large number of
education ministries do favor
this mode of learning. All
primary and secondary school
students are products of the
conventional learning system.
The mode entails that the
teacher or tutor will converge
with students in a brick-built
classroom set up where the
teacher delivers lessons to
students whilst they are attentively
listening and at the
same time jotting down some
notes for digesting during their
free time and revision period.
The students are then given
an opportunity to ask questions
if they have any and the
teacher will quickly respond to
these queries. After the lesson,
assignments and exercises are
given to students for writing.
The teacher has to go
through the submitted assignments
and award a fair grade or mark to each student
respectively. At the end of the
term schools are closed for a
month or so giving students
a time break or holiday to refresh
their minds since all day
work and no play makes Jock
a dull boy as was reiterated by
Shelly Duvall.
1.2.2 Non-conventional
learning
It is a form of learning
where students are partially
required to attend teacher- to
student-face-to-face lessons
and exams for a specific short
period of time, but may do
the bulk of learning whilst at
work or home. Some people
call it Block release mode of
learning. Sir Isaac Pitman
was the first person to provide
an education course through
distance learning in the 1840’s.
This was gradually accepted
by the Society to Encourage
Studies at Home in 1873 in the
United States of America. In
1858 the University of London
was perplexed by this mode of
learning and then adopted it
in its academic administrative
system which saw it being the
first university in the world to
offer distance learning degree
programs through its External
Program department. The
history wagon of the development
of non-conventional
learning goes on until today.
I am sure it can be seen from
this short post mortem of
distance learning that it existed
after the conventional learning
mode had well established its
roots in education ministries of
all economies that are mushroomed
all over the globe. This
made it very hard to easily
break the ground for its wide
recognition and acceptance
globally. However, it should
be noted at this juncture that
despite its unpretentious beginnings,
Distance Learning is
now widely accepted.
Learning should be a
pleasure and the stage in
which we spent it as students
has to be a beautiful time in
our lives.
The student's life is accurately
the period of formal
learning; the systematized
learning given by a Study Center.
Elaborating the samples
of our knowledge seems to be
the battle that every student
has to win. We will present the
steps to be followed to do a job
in a timely manner.
1 We are happy to have
been accepted at the university,
Atlantic International
University (AIU). I begin Phase
I and I start to see different
elements from the other universities:
AIU presents subjects
like my autobiography and
they talk about Andragogy,
about Human Rights and
their proposal for 2030, about
unrepeatability. My thinking
begins to question the reason
of those concepts.
To be happy in this world we
live in, you have to know who
you are and where you can go.
This phase I is the wonderful
bridge that AIU offers different
from other universities. If
you travel this bridge, Phase II
becomes very easy.
The autobiography is to
analyze what you did and what
you can get if you propose.
Andragogy is the educational
discipline that considers that
education should be according
to the characteristics of age.
https://ec.europa.eu/epale/
sites/epale/files/the_principles_
of_adult_learning_.pdf
The UNESCO proposal for
2030, regarding sustainable
development, considers education
as the basis to achieve
that goal: Education for all
joins the rights that every human
being must have; Human
Rights. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/
images/0024/002456/245656E.pdf
At AIU you have a Curriculum
Design where each
subject concludes with a
proposal of solution to social
needs to reach a society of opportunities for all. The
concept that you are unique
and unrepeatable is given by
the Ancient Greek Philosophy:
there are no beings, objects,
the same: only the similarity
is given. Therefore no other
person is equal to you: you are
unique and unrepeatable. The
concept is as science as others;
It isn't a nice speech from
AIU. http://www.leonardopolo.
net/docs/TRANSCENDENTAL_
BLANCA.pdf
If you understand the
importance of the difference
of AIU on Phase I with other
universities your life and your
title will be the path of spiritual
and material prosperity
that you are looking for. Let's
now go to the next stages.
2 We have to cultivate our
skills and strengthen the
weaknesses to feel comfortable
studying. What do I do in
an extraordinary way? What
are my difficulties? Why? Who
will help me?
3 The first thing I have to
think is about my Curricular
Design subjects, whether
they are the ones I draw up,
or the ones I choose from the
options that AIU gives me.
4 It’s very important that
the bibliography has it
selected before making the
works so as not to die making
the documents. Writing a
bibliography to just fill out
the document is the biggest
mistake because at the time of
doing the work I’ll be looking
for the material in a desperate
way and the time of the
delivery passing.
5 What type of demonstration
of my knowledge will
I choose?
Examination, Essay or
Resolution of problems: social,
political, economic, environmental,
agricultural or health.
6 Submit my work means:
a) Search the information
of the bibliography that
I have already chosen and
organize the notes related to
the subject.
b) If I'll do essay or solution
of a problem, I must divide the
work on: the cover, introduction,
body of work, results,
conclusion, recommendations
and bibliography.
7 If I’ll do an exam I should
study the subject and to
solve it easily I should read
the whole exam first and then
give the solutions.
8 I remind you that you
don't need to buy all the
books and material you need,
besides the AIU Library, the
universities have their own
Web pages and the teachers
are committed to publish
their works.
There are also
researchers who upload
their works and you can
have everything you need
without spending money.
Also if you don't find a work
of the own writer there are
another writers who comment
the works and also
upload it to the Web.
9 If you organize yourself
with the previous steps
you will see your degree
without dying in the attempt
BIBLIOGRAPHY. Anijovich, Rebeca y otros (2010).
La Evaluación Significativa, Argentina: Paidós. | Díaz Barriga
Arceo, F. y Geraldo Hernández Rojas (2010). Estrategias
docentes para un aprendizaje significativo, una interpretación
constructivista, México: Trillas. | Glazman N. Raquel (2010).
Evaluación y exclusión en la enseñanza universitaria. México:
Paidós Educador. | Nieto, J. (2011). Evaluación sin exámenes.
Madrid: editorial CCS. | The Principles of Adult Learning.
Retrieved from https://ec.europa.eu/epale/sites/epale/files/
the_principles_of_adult_learning_.pdf | Education 2030.
Incheon Declaration, United Nations, Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization. | Retrieved from http://unesdoc.
unesco.org/images/0024/002456/245656E.pdf | Transcendental
Anthropology and Foundation of Human Dignity. Retrieved
from http://www.leonardopolo.net/docs/TRANSCENDENTAL_
BLANCA.pdf
At AIU, there are many options
for doing an assignment.
The most common are
essays and exams. However,
many students develop their
creativity by submitting videos.
From my experience, the
students really enjoy creating
their videos.
Have you ever considered
making a 5 to 15-minute video
for an assignment?
Here are the instructions for
doing a video assignment.
You first need a program to
record and edit a video. Many
computers have MovieMaker
installed. There are other
programs. You only need to
check your computer to see
if you have a movie or video
program installed.
There is a good one available
on the internet for free. It
is called screencast-o-matic.
Here is the web address…
https://screencast-o-matic.
com/
So, how do you prepare a
video assignment?
1 Prepare the ideas that you
want to develop in your
video.
2 Then prepare a PowerPoint
presentation with a cover
page and an introduction.
The cover page should
give your name, title of the
course and your AIU student
number.
3 Then you shoot a video with
a camera. You can interview
people. You can record a
place or event. You can create
a complete documentary
of a social problem. You can
also just talk in front of the
camera. There are so many
options. Let your creativity
have fun.
4 You can also do a Power-
Point presentation for the
whole video. You simply talk
as you present the slides of
the presentation. The video
program will record your
computer screen and your
voice at the same time.
5 You can also insert video
recordings into your Power-
Point presentation.
6 Then you place all of your
video recordings in order
within your video editing
program. Then you edit the
video.
7 At the end of the video
you include a conclusion
(written or spoken) and a
bibliography (written).
8 When you are done inserting,
cutting and editing your
video, you save it as one
video file to your computer.
How can you send a video file
for evaluation as an assignment?
There are a number of
ways.
• Post it on YouTube and send
us the link to the video.
• Post it on google.docs and
send us the link.
• You can send the video to
your tutor’s email using
wetransfer.com.
• If the size of the video file
is small enough, you can
just email it to your tutor or
advisor.
Nowadays it is a tremendous
skill to be able to create a
video that can be published
on YouTube or other web sites.
Videos receive much more
attention than essays or even
a thesis.
So consider creating a
video as an assignment. It is a
modern skill that really should
be developed by all students
to make use of social media in
their work and lives.