Nine facts you should know about e-learning
It is predicted e-learning will take over half of South African schools by the year 2019. Here's why ...
Extramarks, a digital learning solution, has shared nine smart facts about e-learning that they feel every school, learner and parent should know.
This comes after the performance of the 2016 matric learners at Eagle House School in the West of Johannesburg improved by 62 per cent.
What you should know about e-learning:
It’s great for the environment
According to Extramarks, e-learning has positive benefits for the environment. The production and provision thereof consumes an average of 90 per cent less energy than any other method. It decreased the learners’ carbon footprint by 85 per cent and saved millions of trees, because it’s paperless.
It allows for better learner engagement
Because of the immersive and collaborative nature of e-learning, learner engagement and interaction is improved. The use of multimedia within e-learning keeps tech-savvy youngsters engaged which in turn leads to increased knowledge retention.
It may be taking over schools
Extramarks said it is estimated that by 2019, half of the country’s classrooms will be based on e-learning. They say the only way to ease the transition is to have learners start with this way of learning at an early age.
Learners learn faster in a shorter period of time
Learners learn five times more material without increasing the time spent learning.
Most people prefer images over text and e-learning is all about images
Statistics have shown that people remember 20 per cent of what they read and 80 per cent of what they see. With e-learning, the possibility of accessing images through technological devices is nearly limitless.
No really, most people prefer images
Extramarks said humans have always been predominantly visually oriented. Seventy per cent of our sensory receptors are in our eyes, while 50 per cent of our brain is involved in processing visual information – and we understand a visual scene in less than one tenth of a second.
E-learning fosters knowledge retention
Through multimedia learning tools, the brain’s retention power is improved. This happens through the stimulation of multiple senses which creates an enriched learning environment conducive to knowledge retention.
No really, it increases knowledge retention
Digital learning increases the retention rate of learners by between 25 and 60 per cent. According to figures released, face-to-face training only allows for a retention rate of between eight and 10 per cent.
Learners remember more for a longer period of time
If text and visuals are combined in perfect balance, learners can remember up to 65 per cent of information three days later.
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