The COVID-19 Pandemic Seems To Have Changed Education Forever. Know-How E-Learning Became The Go-To Solution For Our Children

The COVID-19 has led schools, colleges, universities and independent education centres to close their doors shut down all across the world and switched on their online mode. Over 1.2 billion kids worldwide are currently learning out of the classrooms and into their houses. As a consequence of this, the education sector has dramatically changed its teaching model with the increasing demand for e-learning, whereby teaching is now being done remotely and on various digital platforms. Ongoing research reveals that online learning has been proven to boost information retention while taking less time, meaning the widespread changes in the education sector caused by Coronavirus might be here to stay for a little longer until proven otherwise.

This abrupt shift away from classroom-bound learning to online learning in many parts of the world sure has a strong impact on our children. Our kids now have the opportunity to learn and utilize resources that are previously limited to them.

Having said that we do not mean to belittle the importance of e-learning, but the change sure did make a difference and it’s not collectively good. Here are a few less-discussed disadvantages of e-learning for kids in primary schools –

As Nelson Mandela said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

● E-learning causes social isolation which is one of the key components of a child’s overall development

● Kids receive limited feedback on their assignments if learning online

● E-learning puts kids through a battle of self-motivation, which some come out successfully while others need parents’ support throughout the class.

● Lack of communication skill development

● Cheating prevent is pretty much complicated during online assessments

● Online tutors tend to focus on theoretical teaching rather than hands-on experiments, which is quite obvious.

● Online learning lacks face-to-face debate or even general communication

● Lack of quality assurance and accreditation

In a conventional classroom, children are allowed to interact with their peers and teachers face-to-face. Conventional teaching often has better accessibility to advanced study programs that involve hands-on experiments and training. Your kids need to have an academic experience that they can apply and be benefitted in the real-world.