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In the Beginning
The prediction of students learning and replacement traditional of institutional learning including blended courses, a combination of face-to-face, and online discussions was a subject of talks back in 2004. This format was not just emails, but a enhanced style of learning with a mixture of communication tools, visualization methods, and groupware techniques. Within the last decade, there has been an increase of online courses and studies on them (Hiltz and Goldman, 2004). -
Survival Guide to Online Learning
Online learning comes from years of experience that shares information with cognitive processing and learning outcomes. Since online learning came be uncharted waters, the success comes from a combination of course management, social presence, community building, and assessment. Together, the natural rhythms of a course begins to unfold (Boettcher and Conrad, 2010) -
Benefits, Challenges, and Misconceptions
Teaching online learning is new and having dialogue to generate strategies to enhancing online learning is needed. The knowledge on how to better establish social presence, encourage student interactions, and effectively communicate is emerging and sharing knowledge with the online learning community is essential. Research has consistently shown that there is no significant difference between online and face-to-face learning (Richardson, York, and Lowenthal, 2014). -
More than an experiment
Online learning began as early as 1930s and 1940s in the format of an experimental television. This means that distance learning has been round for a long time serving non-traditional students. From the past, we learned how to organize the effectiveness of learning networks to improve collaboration online to build knowledge together (Wolf, 2014). -
Year 2020
With COVID-19 came anxiety, confusion, and a lack of skills and knowledge with classroom management. The first tip given to educators was to maintain the relationships you've already built with your students. Familiarity will be key when it comes to their education even more than ever (Firmansyah et al. 2021). -
A Stronger Distance Learning Community
COVID-19 showed up in many cities forcing governors to declared a state of emergency and closing down of schools across the globe. During this time, limited data was available regarding COVID-19 in students and school staff members. Supporting family choice for remote versus in-person learning was likely a contributing factor in reducing in-school crowding, create a better physical distancing in schools, and a need for a stronger remote learning community (Eldokhny & Drwish, 2021). -
COVID-19 - The Transformation
COVID touched many areas of our lives, mostly, the educational community. From this experience, online learning, outside the classroom, required a quick transition among school administrators, teachers, and parents. The arrival of COVID-19 change the online learning to a necessity in order to adhere to social-distancing guidelines. From this experience, technology took center stage, which created a platform bringing online learning to a much wider audience (University of Kansas, n.d.)