Online Schooling – the new way of learning

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Online learning has been around for more than a decade now. Online learning or distance learning started as a trend for postgraduate courses, namely diplomas or Management studies and over time the trend trickled down to lower grades. Online learning in the initial stage was all about studying in isolation and giving an exam; it slowly moved to live online classrooms and then to using interactive tools to make online learning fun and meaningful.

Research conducted by a business wire states that the online education market in India is poised to grow by $ 14.33 bn during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR of 21% during the forecast period.

While online learning became a trend for graduation and post-graduation courses or short terms courses for that matter, it did not trickle down to schools till the pandemic hit the world in 2020. Schools have been using technology as a tool in bits and pieces; however, they never solely adopted online schooling. The reason for this is resistance from all quarters, right from parents to teachers to educators themselves.

The pandemic came as a boon for schools and systems and processes changed overnight. While there have been loopholes and hiccups along the way, many schools have learned to bridge the gaps. Today children attend online school and give their exams online too, and parents and teachers can now see that online education is far more effective than physical school. Online schooling will soon become a norm and widely accepted too. However, we see that there is a huge gap in the quality of online schooling at this point and some of the reasons for that are:

  1. Schools are using physical school curriculum online to impart education
  2. Teachers are not trained to handle online classeses
  3. Our IT infrastructure is not that advanced
  4. Parents fear their children will get addicted to technology

A bunch of educators have realised these gaps and are working towards starting specialised online schools. They are building a curriculum that is meant for the online medium. This curriculum is more interactive and it makes one think and gives them the autonomy to learn at their pace and revisit topics they may not have understood. These institutions are also working towards teacher training and ensuring teachers are equipped to handle online classes and make the class a fun learning environment.

Disruption and rebuilding are what’s going to take us forward and a few visionaries are already working towards doing just that. A few online schools that are doing a great job worldwide are 21K schools, Korroboree online school, Synthesis, Pearson online academy and more.

As the world is changing exponentially, parents, educators and teachers have realised that our current education system would have been helpful if one wanted to be an employee as it teaches one to comply, whereas the future is expected to be all about entrepreneurs and collaborators where one will be expected to think beyond, be creative and innovative and become problem solvers.

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