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Online vs. Offline Learning: Challenges and Changes

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Covid – 19 has changed the world. Since then, everything has become online, be it shopping, interaction, offices, colleges, and schooling. The change has been very challenging and is the ‘new normal. And with it, the education sector has changed as well. Therefore, it feels both positive and as well as negative in terms of implementing and providing education to all.

The generation today, is more familiar with online classes than traditional offline classrooms. If you ask your child about their preference of form of education i.e. either to go to school or to study at home, the majority of them would want to stay at home. We cannot blame them for this, as many of them have not visited a school to know what they are missing. Since they have been introduced to acquiring education or in an online mode, they prefer it.

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However, some would love to go back to school and follow the traditional classroom studies and also enjoy the presence of their peers and teachers as they did before the pandemic.

There are many advantages and disadvantages of both forms of imparting education i.e., online classes and offline classes.

Distance learning or online learning has increased quickly however, there have been many challenges vs. classroom learning like no human interaction face to face or physically. It happens through virtual lectures, video calls, videos, webinars, online workshops, etc. Other disadvantages would be technical errors, poor internet connectivity, in addition to a feeling of isolation in individuals, less peer interaction and help, and fewer group discussions and activities. Resources like laptops or desktops or smartphones and internet connections are not accessible to the weaker sections of society, restricting the students to attain online education.

However, there are some advantages of online learning as well. It is flexible and can be accessed anywhere and at their convenience. They have access to other online materials or resources to learn from apart from what the teacher has taught. The class recordings are also available for access at any time.

Students in offline classes are more attentive to the class and are less distracted unlike the students in online classes who tend to get distracted by other online apps and websites or games available online.

Teachers in offline classes can pay individual attention to each student and also resolve their doubts or queries quickly contrary to online learning.

However, it might be difficult for students to commute to a school that resides far from the campus. Also, monetary investment in transportation is required apart from school fees.

Therefore, we can say that offline education or traditional is more apt in our society as it is accessible to all sections of society. However, LPS Global the best CBSE School in Noida believes in hybrid education i.e., combined online and offline learning is a more efficient form, keeping in mind the current pandemic scenario and building a generation of creative champions equipped with both traditional and modern forms of education for a better perspective towards themselves and society as a whole.

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