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E-Learning and the Younger Generation

Posted on May 25, 2007 | Filed Under Elearning Market, Elearning Trends 

When  I think about e-learning, I tend to first think about applications for college-level courses and corporate training applications.  However, e-learning is catching on in all types of educational settings. 

 

While working on a project for one of my clients, I came across information about an organization called Time 4 Learning, that specializes in e-learning applications for K-12 education encompassing the areas of language arts, math, science, and social studies. 

 

Time 4 Learning’s products are designed for use as part of a comprehensive home school curriculum, as well as for after-school and enrichment learning. 

 

It makes sense e-learning is an excellent tool for engaging children in active learning.  As adults, e-learning is still new to us.  That is why we look at e-learning and compare it to traditional learning.  Traditional learning is only traditional because it is what we know. 

 

When I was a kid, watching Sesame Street on television was a multi-media learning experience, and looking up something in the encyclopedia meant getting World Book down from the bookshelf.  To the school-age children of today, Wikipedia may be the only encyclopedia the ever encounter, and television certainly isn’t multimedia.

 

It’s interesting to realize that to the generation that is school-aged now, e-learning won’t represent a radical deviation from traditional learning at all.

 

Just something to think about as we’re deciding to resist or adopt technology.

 

Mary White

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