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Training and Development System

Notes used in the learning process. In other words, this is andragogy and using this philosophy of
learning, e-learners are asked what they want to learn, how they want to learn and when they
want to learn? The beauty of the web is that it provides an entirely new context for teaching and
learning. It removes the constraints of time and location for instructors as well as learners.
Moving a course to the web presents the perfect opportunity to return to the core principles of
teaching and learning to create a new model for best practices (Boettcher, 1999).

11.1.1 Types of E-learning

E-learning can be classified as synchronous and asynchronous learning the terminology to
describe how and when learning and teaching takes place. In the synchronous approach, learning
and teaching takes place in real time (same time) even though the trainer and learners are physically
separated from each other (place shift).

Example: Synchronous learning include; listening to a live radio broadcast, watching
live a television broadcast, audio/video conferencing, internet telephony, online lectures and
two-way live satellite broadcast.
Here the trainer will be delivering a live (but not pre-recorded) lecture or demonstration and
the learners spread across different geographies will be listening and/or watching the same,
asking/answering questions, or interacting with the trainer and other learners instantly with
the help of communication technologies like conference calls, world wide web, video
conferencing, etc., Figure 11.1 shows the major types of e-learning.

Figure 11.1: the Major Types of E-learning

E-Learning

Synchronous Asynchronous

EXAMPLES:Internet, intranet,
EXAMPLES: Instructor led, CD-ROM, mobile phone,
Broad cast or web-cast ipod.

FEATURES: Trainer’s support, FEATURES: Economical,
peer interaction and student convenience of time and place
tracking. and consistency of content.

Learning
Objectives and
Learner needs

The advantages of synchronous approach include learning from anywhere without having to travel
to a farther distance to reach a training centre and the convenience of interacting with the trainer
and other learners instantly. The disadvantages of synchronous learning are that learner has to find
time to attend the classes in keeping the appointed time and without having the option to learn
whenever he wants or finds time.

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