E-Learning or Internet Learning Should Be a Required Part of School Curriculum

¶ … learning in schools. Schools must progress and advance in order to keep up with the ever changing and advancing workload. In order to do that, online learning is an option that can be incorporated. I hope the reader is able to realize the scope in the necessity for schools to have options that can include online learning as a means to better serve the student population at large.

What I learned from completing this assignment is the need for the school system to evolve to meet the needs of students presently. Things always to have to adapt and change for the requirements and demands of students are constantly growing and changing. The more options are presented to aid in resolving this issue, the better.

It was difficult to research successful strategies in adopting internet learning for schools. Children didn't seem to respond very well to internet learning. This counteracted my desire to assess internet learning as beneficial.

I enjoyed exploring new avenues of learning. It was fascinating to be able to read about prison education and how innovative it truly is to learn and teach online. I very much liked reading about the methods and ways schools adopted for internet learning.

What made me write about this topic was my own need for flexibility when it came to school. I need a course that I can take at home, like so many others out there due to other responsibilities. I think people can relate to the need to be at two places at once. Online learning helps alleviate that need.

This essay is about a topic that is important to me. I believe schools should incorporate even more methods of learning than they are now. It will help the student body to keep up with course work. It will teach them about self-motivation and responsibility in a whole new way.

Schools are putting more and more pressure on children to learn complex things at a faster rate than ever before. Internet learning is an option that is at times ignored in favor of traditional instruction in most schools. Internet learning can be an option for school curriculum because it offers flexibility to students who are unable to attend class regularly or have difficulties learning in a traditional school setting. However internet learning has many issues that need to be assesses in order to prove it's effectiveness. There is a possiblitty for necessity for online learning and the options for such accomdations can be made for such curriculum.

Prison systems have internet learning. Education offers these prisoners a chance to learn things they otherwise didn't in a traditional school setting. They are given tools to prepare and thus have a greater chance of recuperating from their socially deviant behaviors. "Because a large proportion of offenders find themselves excluded from employment opportunities due to low ability in literacy, numeracy and work-related skills, the greater part of the prison service's education budget is devoted to redressing these deficiencies."(Watts) Through internet learning prisoners can progress in society and rehbilitate themselves through education.

It is important if internet learning is to become a permanent fixture of school curriculum to have the core training to develop it appropriately. If it is deployed properly the instances of inactivity in terms of learning the curriculum due to lack of knowledge operating in such a scope is greatly reduced. The basic fomat of online learning should follow three basic principles:

1. Are online methods good enough in comparison to traditional practices?

2. Are students interested in online learning as much as traditional learning?

3. Can online curriculum enhance learning in students?

For there to be success in online learning, these principles should be assessed and understood. If the student is able to accept internet learning as an option, but is detrimental to the actual progress of the student's academic ability, it is not worthwhile. "Likewise, if the online assessment helps the students and has sufficient overlap with course content, but is less preferred by students, the online component will likely fail through student resistance." (Angus and Watson) Students must agree and progress using online learning in order for it to be a mainstay in school curriculum.

Communication is imperative in a modern society such as this one. For students to get as much access as posssible to various forms of communication is important to create a successful learning oppotuinity for students. There is presently a need for teachers to incorporate technology into the applications of learning for the well being of students academically."The Information age is driven by new technologies and new techniques through the widespread use of Information and Communication Technology revolution."(Ogunleye ) The common goal afterall is for students to learn as much as possible from the available resources given to them.

National standards for quality online teaching and course design needs to have frequent and timely feedback in order for their to be constant improvement and efficiency when used in an academic setting. Constant communication and updating is an integral part of a successful online learning course. Increased contact and communication among teachers, support staff, students, and families is important enough that the majority of virtual schools have begun to codify communication expectations in school policy. "Such policies require teachers to contact parents and students in specific time intervals and some policies specify the method of contact and the content of the communication. For these strategies to be effective, teachers" (Repetto, Cavanaugh, Wayer, and Liu)

In conclusion it takes a lot for online learning to be apart of school curriculum. It takes constant communication and information relaying as well as the technological capacity to do such things in an efficient and timely manner. Students have to be willing to take online courses and most importantly succeed when taking them. There have been successes with online learning, but there needs to be supervision when it comes to any and all new options. Without the use of online learning, the options for students to learn can be limited. Considering the demands placed on children in this day and age, children need various options. That is perhaps why internet learning can be that option that students are looking for in order to maintain a level of academic learning needed to be a success in modern society.