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**"E-learning** (or e-Learning) is the use of [|electronic] [|educational technology] in learning and teaching.  [|Information and communication technology] (ICT) in education, EdTech, learning technology, multimedia learning, technology-enhanced learning (TEL), computer-based instruction (CBI), computer managed instruction, computer-based training (CBT), computer-assisted instruction or computer-aided instruction (CAI), internet-based training (IBT), flexible learning, web-based training (WBT), online education, online learning, [|[1]] virtual education, [|virtual learning environment] s (VLE) (which are also called learning platforms), [|m-learning], and digital education. [|[2]] In usage, all of these terms appear in articles and reviews; the term "e-learning" is used frequently, but is variously and imprecisely defined and applied. [|[3]][|[4]][|[5]]" courtesy of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-learning



 courtesy of: www.dreamstime.com   **"The Trends** As a staff, we speculated about, downloaded, and tested each one of these apps within classrooms and on on our own tablets and smartphones to get a sense for where the trends in mobile learning apps are headed. (Hint: A lot of video, and a lot of blended learning.) Within the 30 apps below there is some of that, but some other apps you may not expect to see in what is a comparatively short editor’s choice list for educational apps. Collectively, they represent our favorite educational apps for iPad for 2014. What will you see? Google’s slow-starting social media platform has made some impressive changes in 2014, becoming more visual, more elegant, and with Google Hangout integration, more school-friendly. Google Hangouts now supports groups of over 100 people, and Google Drive is more API-friendly than ever. Brainfeed represents an exciting new kind of app that we love (more on them in the near future), helping to curate the impossible and scary index of YouTube content and turn it into a usable classroom library. Storehouse and Explain Everything help students communicate through digital media, while Trello helps them organize project-based learning (as does Evernote, Google+, and Google Drive as well). The BBC apps from Brian Cox show new ways to communicate content to students, much like 21st century versions of the textbook might look, and Water Cycle HD and the Creatures of Light and Sound Uncovered apps take a similar approach. Save content with Pocket, and finally realize modern note-taking on your iPad with Zoom Notes (or Notes Plus, which almost made our list as well)!"



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**"Advantages of online or computer-based learning** **Disadvantages of online or computer-based learning**
 * Class work can be scheduled around work and family
 * Reduces travel time and travel costs for off-campus students
 * Students may have the option to select learning materials that meets their level of knowledge and interest
 * Students can study anywhere they have access to a computer and Internet connection
 * Self-paced learning modules allow students to work at their own pace
 * Flexibility to join discussions in the bulletin board threaded discussion areas at any hour, or visit with classmates and instructors remotely in chat rooms
 * Instructors and students both report eLearning fosters more interaction among students and instructors than in large lecture courses
 * eLearning can accommodate different learning styles and facilitate learning through a variety of activities
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Develops knowledge of the Internet and computers skills that will help learners throughout their lives and careers
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Successfully completing online or computer-based courses builds self-knowledge and self-confidence and encourages students to take responsibility for their learning
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Learners can test out of or skim over materials already mastered and concentrate efforts in mastering areas containing new information and/or skills
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Learners with low motivation or bad study habits may fall behind
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Without the routine structures of a traditional class, students may get lost or confused about course activities and deadlines
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Students may feel isolated from the instructor and classmates
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Instructor may not always be available when students are studying or need help
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Slow Internet connections or older computers may make accessing course materials frustrating
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Managing computer files and online learning software can sometimes seem complex for students with beginner-level computer skills
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Hands-on or lab work is difficult to simulate in a virtual classroom

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=//**Essential Question**//=

Industrial revolutions are very beneficial to American Society because we are growing in size and we have to keep up with other countries to compete in everything. Another reason is these times are very demanding and we having to keep up with our growing economy. But it is detrimental because our country will get very dependent on automatic things doing everything for them. Also, this world is building and inventing new technology everyday. If we don't start learning all this technology we will be behind in the world, because every thing is changing and upgrading. Class rooms will not be the same in five years or even two years. Last, evrything around us is changing, our way of life is nothing how it used to be. So upgrading schools would benefit the students and the teachers. Courtesy of: <span style="background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #7d7d7d; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|www.acpcomputer.edu.sg] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #006600; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**"Advantages of online or computer-based learning** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #006600; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">**Disadvantages of online or computer-based learning** courtesy of: http://www.dso.iastate.edu/asc/academic/elearner/advantage.html media type="custom" key="27521988"media type="custom" key="27365044" height="24"
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Class work can be scheduled around work and family
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Reduces travel time and travel costs for off-campus students
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Students may have the option to select learning materials that meets their level of knowledge and interest
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Students can study anywhere they have access to a computer and Internet connection
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Self-paced learning modules allow students to work at their own pace
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Flexibility to join discussions in the bulletin board threaded discussion areas at any hour, or visit with classmates and instructors remotely in chat rooms
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Instructors and students both report eLearning fosters more interaction among students and instructors than in large lecture courses
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">eLearning can accommodate different learning styles and facilitate learning through a variety of activities
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Develops knowledge of the Internet and computers skills that will help learners throughout their lives and careers
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Successfully completing online or computer-based courses builds self-knowledge and self-confidence and encourages students to take responsibility for their learning
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Learners can test out of or skim over materials already mastered and concentrate efforts in mastering areas containing new information and/or skills
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Learners with low motivation or bad study habits may fall behind
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Without the routine structures of a traditional class, students may get lost or confused about course activities and deadlines
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Students may feel isolated from the instructor and classmates
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Instructor may not always be available when students are studying or need help
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Slow Internet connections or older computers may make accessing course materials frustrating
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Managing computer files and online learning software can sometimes seem complex for students with beginner-level computer skills
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Hands-on or lab work is difficult to simulate in a virtual classroom"

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