Telelearning

Telelearning is a term that refers to any learning related process via communication technologies. You could imagine you being a student and teacher being on the screen of your computer and you talking to the microphone while voice of your teacher comes from the speakers. There even could be a whole class on the virtual class room that only exists on internet and you may be discussing about some subjects with people who are physically scattered everywhere around the world. This learning process through telecommunication is telelearning.
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Telelearning is essentially full of efficiency and the society would benefit. It would reduce the cost for transportation and purchase of physical tools such as textbooks or even uniforms. Schools would also be unnecessary and the school itself would physically exist only as a small office in a building. Since schools take a great amount of space, telelearning could save a great amount of lands that could be used for other means. People in isolated areas would benefit since they could get sessions at their home. Those who live away from a particular school they want to go would benefit as well if the school introduced telelearning. It would also be useful for people who cannot or are not allowed to physically move from where they are. People in prison may be able to keep track of the outside world or have the chance to be educated so that they would not be too much behind in their life when they come out of the prison. It gives them chance to use their time in prison wisely and not just waste it. People in retirement home would not want to wake up at 6 in the morning and go to school that is an hour away every week days. Telelearning would give them the opportunity to learn at their home. The provision of education in rural schools is a matter of considerable importance for government, teachers, students, teacher educators and for many people who lives in rural areas. Many rural schools have experienced problems retaining students at the senior secondary level. A lot of these institutions are getting smaller as people seek educational and vocational opportunities in other places. In some countries students have to travel long distances for education because it is also an established way of providing rural students with access to learning opportunities. However Telelearning uses telecommunications technologies for the delivery of education and is usually not paper-based but delivered through the Internet. Students and teachers often have a different relationship in a telelearning environment than they do in a distance education one. Through the Internet, teachers and students can interact in a variety of ways: through text, audio, graphics, and video and, of course, email. Many students interact with other telelearners through the Internet. The telelearner often has a different relationship with the teleteacher from that of a distance education instructor and his or her students. Through the medium of the Internet, the student can gather information from a growing number of places in more areas of the curriculum. The teacher does not need to assemble extensive printed materials for the telelearner. By linking schools electronically, using the Internet, satellite dishes and other contemporary technologies, teachers and learners can interact without leaving their communities. In this way they can become participants in virtual schools. http://www.patana.ac.th/Students/usefulLink.asp Useful link to learn subjects at Patana school website http://www.patana.ac.th/Students/game.asp Link to patana’s games which stimulate your brain