E-learning is essentially the computer and network-enabled transfer of skills and knowledge. It permits the delivery of knowledge and information to learners at an accelerated pace, opening up new vistas of knowledge transfer. Students of every stream like school, graduation, masters, as well as teachers, are looking for opportunities to learn in ways that suit their diverse strengths, needs, backgrounds and interests. We are living in an era of digital renaissance and technology and the technology that is available to us today is a great tool. It can be a powerful aid to enable joyful learning.
The biggest advantage of e-learning lies in its ability to cover distances. E-learning is self-paced, and learning is done at the learners pace. The content can be repeated until it is understood by the trainee. It can be made compelling and interesting with multimedia, and the trainee can be given multiple learning paths depending on his or her needs. Students today, who are familiar with technology, online networks, mobile technologies, expect school to be engaging, personalized, and multi-modal. In fact, learners are no longer only in school; they are increasingly outside traditional classrooms learning new skills on the Internet and computers. Therefore, these new environments require that even the youngest learners are met where they are, appropriately motivated, and engaged in learning goals through innovative methods.
Nothing can replace traditional classroom teaching, but e-learning complements the process and can help reach out to the masses. Learning through various electronic media, either online or offline is termed as e-learning. It can be made easier and fun with the use of latest technologies as touch screen, interactive whiteboards, projectors, visualizers, and student response system. E-learning Education can be CD-based, Network-based, Intranet-based or Internet-based. It can include text, video, audio, animation and virtual environments. It can be a very rich learning experience that can even surpass the level of training you might experience in a crowded classroom.
Our organization Scientech Technologies has developed an e-learning portal known as Scientech Knowledge Universe (SKU) which acts as a very useful Web based teaching and learning tool for subjects of Engineering, School and Management. Covering full syllabus of relevant subjects of different streams, complete explanation of every topic with the use of high quality 3D and 2D graphics, animations and some interactive examples make SKU a very powerful e-learning portal. This material facilitates the students to study at their own pace, just-in-time study and availability of content 24×7.