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Elearning tools for academic education can really be helpful but I find that relying on them too much could be dangerous. What I am referring to are those software or web based modules. I am a teacher and so I recognize the importance teaching face to face versus simply relying on elearning. This is perhaps, especially true depending on the age of the learner as well as his or her thinking level and capabilities.

There are some people who can really learn a lot from elearning. You see elearning tools are just like learning manuals or textbooks only a lot more interactive. Therefore, it can really be so very useful. However, if one relies solely on these things, then there can be a lot of things missed. Some students are able to learn from a textbook. Some teachers are lazy enough to actually just tell the class to read the textbook. Their job just falls down to filling in a few things that are missing from the text or checking the student’s knowledge by creating a quiz or by recitation. But a true teacher will discuss the subject with so much gusto and will look into the students to see how they are doing. The students themselves will also be able to ask question in the middle of the lecture and may be able to contribute a few things as well. That is the model of learning we are all accustomed to.

So as a teacher, the best thing is to treat academic elearning tools as a convenience and not an absolute substitute. At the least, it can be given to students who are driven and who will fill in the gaps on their own through other sources. At best, it should be treated like textbook courses and a human teacher must still be present somewhere to monitor and to guide.