You
can view the differences between each of the e-learning and traditional
education by conducting the following comparison between the two :
Face comparison
Method of user education
E-Learning
Employing
technological innovations , which depends on the electronic multi-media
presentations , and discussions and style web pages.
Traditional education
Based on the book do not use any of the means or technological methods , except in some cases.
Interaction
E-Learning
Based
on interactive , as it allows the use of multimedia to the learner
sailing in electronic presentations , and deal with it as he wants , and
allow him to discussions across the web Baltvaalih
Traditional education
Does
not depend on interaction , as it is only between the teacher and the
learner , but it is not always between the learner and the book, as a
traditional way not to attract attention .
The possibility of update
E-Learning
Can
be updated with ease, and inexpensive when publishing on the Web
conventional roads , where it can be done after publication.
Traditional education
Update process here is not available to you when you can not print the book compiled and edited it again after publication.
Availability
E-Learning
Available
at any time , so enjoy the flexibility available in any place , where
they can access the Internet from anywhere , so his chances of education
available over the world.
Traditional education
His
time specified in the table, and places are designed , and the
educational opportunities are limited to the territory, located in the
area of education.
Responsibility for learning
E-Learning
Depends
on self-education , where the learner learns according to their
abilities and interests , and by the speed and time that suits him , and
blamed the place .
Traditional education
Depends on the teacher , so it is not available at any time , and can not be dealt with only in the classroom only .
Design Education
E-Learning
The educational process is designed to build on the learning experiences can be gained through education .
Traditional education
Is
designing the educational process through the development of a
pre-defined structure , the system of one size fits all (One Size Fits
All)
Education System
E-Learning
Is
an open system in a flexible and distributor, which allows learners to
proceed according to its speed and in its place , to achieve any answer
for how long? How ? Where? . It also means that the distribution of both
the teacher and the learner and the content in different places .
Traditional education
Happens in a closed system , where you must specify the time and place of any answer to Where? And when?
The requirements of the transition from traditional education to e-learning
If
we moved to schools and universities in the Arab countries , we found
that the educational process is still done in the classroom and is based
on the teacher as a source of information and traditional methods are
based on the pen and paper book and blackboard teaching aids and some
old ones. The use of computers and the Internet and laboratories of
educational multi- media did not find its way into a lot of our schools
and universities after . As the use of technology in education has
become an imperative , not a luxury because of its positive effects on
the process of teaching and learning of foreign languages , so the
transition from education by conventional methods to e-learning -based
technology - either wholly or in part - requires several steps need time
The long effort , including:
1 .
Amendment of education policy at the level of schools and universities
so as to make technology an essential tool in scientific education at
all stages.
2 . Formation of a
committee at the university level or the school district holds the
development process consists of a working group comprising a group of
specialists in several areas such as curriculum development and
educational technology .
3 . Study
of the reality of the use of technology in the school or university any
inventory hardware and educational programs available where ·
4
. Support the management of the school or university and encourage them
to integrate technology in education, and teachers use them.
5
. Conceived or long-term comprehensive plan to integrate technology in
education at the level of the different courses and grades and different
stages ·
6 . Determining the
duration of time for the implementation of the integration plan in the
teaching of various courses and grades . So that the integration process
in stages , each consisting of small steps graded ·
7
. The allocation of a budget for the integration of technology in
education and to cover the costs of purchasing hardware and software
expenses and teacher training and recruitment of experts and trainers ·
8
. Create a structure to provide the technological infrastructure ,
including universities and schools with computers and accompanying
equipment and educational programs , and the provision of computer labs
with multimedia and Internet service delivery to universities , schools
and replace old hardware - if they exist - with other modern
sophisticated .
9 . The training
of students and teachers on the use of computers and the Internet in
education is done after providing the school or university work with
computers and the necessary extensions directly .
10
. Establishment of a center for the design of curriculum -based
technology at the university or the school district employs a team of
specialists is preparing electronic multimedia curricula in different
disciplines and different ranks of whether they are supported or not
supported on the Internet. I have pointed Carlenr Carliner (1998) that
the team set up e-learning programs consist of a group of specialists
were: a project manager , and designer of the curriculum , and the
writer writes the texts for the educational program , and is designed
for fee photographs and programmer , engineer and test the validity of
the program to use, and the editor checks over a sustained program and
is consistent with the outline , and the specialist is testing links
links and make sure it works , and that the program as a whole works
well and do not cause crashes during use with other programs , and a
team to take out the visual aspect , including photos , graphics, video,
and another for output audio and specialists in scientific material ,
and the financiers of the project .
11
. Conduct research in the field of e-learning on an ongoing basis to
inform teachers and officials on the impact of the use of technology in
the education process and the extent to which students from the merger
and to follow the latest developments in the field of educational
technology .
12 . Provide
technical support and maintenance of hardware and network permanently
during teachers use technology in education. The teachers may face
during training or during the use of technology in education some
problems such as printing problems , connect to the Internet suddenly
stopped , the inability to open the e-mail . I have said McDaniel and
Amkubo McDaniel and Umekubo (1997) that this requires a technician is
responsible for managing the network and another is responsible for the
maintenance of the network permanently to repair the damage and help
teachers in designing websites and web pages and oversee the training ,
planning, and answer the questions of teachers , in addition to the
coordinator of the concert between networks of a group of schools or
colleges at the university , or a number of universities .
In
this regard, said Diaz Dias (1999) that the process of integration of
technology in education is if technology has become a part of classroom
activities daily , and supported the curriculum , and has been used in
the expansion of its objectives and made the students a positive role in
the learning process , so that education becomes meaningful for them ,
and become the learning process centered on the student and the
teacher's role is to facilitate the educational process ·
Nor
can any plan to integrate technology in education to succeed no matter
what the availability of their financial capabilities and the spatial
and advanced technology if it is not the teachers are capable and
trained in the use of computers and educational programs online and even
check any plan to integrate technology in the education of its
objectives , researcher suggests the establishment of training programs
for teachers to acquire the computer skills necessary cyberspace and
e-learning imposed by modern technological revolution . To succeed, the
process of integration of technology in education , sees a lot of
specialists , such as Mac Daniel and Amekopo McDaniel and Umekubo (1997)
to develop and train teachers to use the technology are the heart of
the process of integration of technology in the educational process .
The role of the teacher in e-learning :
E-learning
is a form of distance education , it differs in terms of the nature of
the educational process , and content , methodology , and Calendar .
Regarding the role of the learner in distance education this role
negative , as it receives information without participating in the
lesson or interact with educational material , either in e-learning is
more positive where he participates in the educational process step by
step learner see the teacher on the computer screen and interact with
him through e-mail and direct dialogues and answer the learner for each
question directed to him and have a strengthening of the correct answer .
With
regard to educational article in distance education are prepared for
all individuals , regardless of the capabilities of the learners , while
changing content and presentation in e-learning , according to the
capabilities of the learner and the current and future needs , and this
is consistent with the principle of individualized instruction .
In
terms of calendar , the most styles of education after the work done by
the learners at the end of the program, while the calendar in
e-learning is a method of systematically continuing to gather
information on the impact of education and its effectiveness , so use
evaluation results to improve education , or to find out whether the
learner has achieved its objectives , or to measure the value of
e-learning institution that you used .
From
the above it is clear that the teacher had spent time in the
explanation and clarification of the learner and only recipient of the
information then changed roles became his teacher graded gained whenever
the learner experience . After that the teacher is the center of
education in the process of turning its role to facilitate and help the
learner to discovery.
It is thus
clear that the teacher's role evolved from being a carrier of knowledge
and information to become assistants helping and advising then turned to
the role of coach and prompt in solving problems , and now is the role
of guidance .
And plays a teacher
in the Internet era new roles based on the planning of the educational
process , design and preparation , in addition to being a researcher and
an assistant and directed , technology and designed and Director and
simplified content and processes , Teacher in e-learning is trying to
help learners to rely on themselves , rather than sufficiency to receive
information , and thus apply modern theories learner -centered approach
, which achieved self-education .
And competencies that must be met in teacher education -mail the following:
First: the design efficiencies of Education :
It
has become incumbent on the teacher in e-learning to provide themselves
with the skills of the designer of education , in order to allow him to
design subject studied both in the traditional education system or
e-learning , and this requires the provision of training programs to
develop the skills of instructional design , on how to set up
educational programs and curriculum , projects and lessons education ,
is to ensure the achievement of educational goals , and thus is the
responsibility of teachers in e-learning responsibility familiarity with
everything that is modern in the field of education , the theories in
psychology and curriculum and teaching methods and evaluation methods
and how to view the educational material in ways enjoyable and
appropriate to the level of the learner , with the output of the
educational material in a manner spry , the colors and shapes are
consistent, in addition to that it familiarity with all that is new in
e-learning , and the Internet , especially in the field of designing web
sites and pages and multimedia of all kinds , and what is new in the
world of communication and how to use it , and how to obtain the
information and knowledge of good sources , and this of course reflected
directly on the learners' academic achievement , because the teachers
who engage in the design of education will have a high quality in the
way of education , which leads to high quality at the level of the
learners and their achievement .
Second, employ technology competencies :
Technology
has evolved e-learning rapidly , and there is a change tremendously in
the presentation of information in terms of coding , transmission and
become the key role of teachers in e-learning requires the use of
special hardware technology, education, information , and became the
role of the teacher who uses technology in education , whether in
traditional education or e-learning is to :
- Using role -based educational media
- Encouraging the role of interaction in the educational process
- The role of cheerleader on the acquisition of knowledge and creativity.
In
addition to the above should be available in the teacher's academic
qualifications for the same level of course and theme , it requires the
teacher in e-learning that has a large number of qualifications or the
long years of experience, it is also not necessarily have to be the
teacher an expert in materials course , what is required from teacher to
be Vihama of roles assigned to it , and be ready for training , and it
is natural that these teachers have the skills acceptable to use the
keyboard, as well as experience in the use of computers and the
Internet;
Can be summarized basic skills teacher e-learning in the following:
1 - understanding the processes through e-learning .
2 - technical skills .
3 - communication skills online
4 - Content experience in academic programs .
5 - personal characteristics .
In
traditional education reaction occurs between the educated , and
education here have a face -to-face , but became newly put the learner
is the center of the educational process , and the learner in e-learning
is a real learner but he learns in an electronic environment .
There are six conditions for the success of e- learning process are:
1 - Identify educational goals to be achieved rather than the material that must be learned or saved .
2 - Acceptance of answers and ideas and a variety of results , rather than the result of one for all.
3
- production of knowledge instead of connecting and transmitting
knowledge , because in the case of connecting knowledge vegan web role
will not differ from the regular mail , but it is faster.
4 - Evaluating the educational mission instruction instead of evaluating the level of knowledge.
5 - Team Building Educational ( cooperative groups ) instead of solo work to deepen dialogue and debate among the educated .
6 - to encourage universal groups instead of local .
Based
on the foregoing conclude that upgrading education through e-learning
requires a new way of education beyond the teacher giving information is
then retrieved from the learners through the tests , and even surpass
the idea of choosing the learner information received from the school .