Telelearning

= __Tele-learning__  = = = **Tele-learning is about "...'making connections among people and resources, via communication technologies, for educational purposes'.

Telelearning integrates current educational technology and media based on sound of academic fundamentals.**

**__What opportunities are available through Telelearning?__**

People with disabilities that may prevent them from easily accessing a school facility may be taught from the convenience of their own homes.

· People who have no access to an educational institution in their local area a computer with internet access can make telelearning and an education for that person possible.

· To the ability for government programs to be established for poor and remote people who previously have not had access to a good education may now have access to education.

· Uneducated people might have a chance to study through telelearning while still at work.

· Learn and share informations beyond countries, open the door to the new worldwide experiences.

· Assists students communication with foreign students and it increases students’ knowledge about globalization.


 * What resources are needed to provide telelearning? **
 * software
 * hardware
 * internet connection connectivity: narrowband or broadband,
 * video and videoconferencing capabilities
 * WWW capabilities
 * Information databases

Advantages Disadvantages
 * Advantages and Disadvantages of Telelearning. **
 * 1) access provided worldwide in the rural areas, while in prison or in hospital. A person can obtain an education no matter what obstacles or physical disabilities the student may have.
 * 2) This gives the opportunity to increase the rate of education, especially in underdeveloped countries
 * 3) Active learning and multiple knowledge opportunities for the students and adults
 * 4) Brings previously unavailable technology to everyone’s doorstep
 * 5) Students can learn in their own pace.
 * 6) Students will have wider range of friends.
 * 7) Different for students than just sitting and listening in the classroom
 * 1) That telelearning is costly, and if the student does not have the money they won’t benefit from it
 * 2) The children must learn to interact with the telelearning hardware i.e. no physical contact with teacher
 * 3) The prices of software versions vary and are different
 * 4) High prices of hardware would discourage the customers from using this technology
 * 5) Students will tend to depend on computers rather than teachers.
 * 6) Reliance on electricity and technology
 * 7) Computer related aliments

Telelearning has the potential to widen the digital divide, and separate the unlearned even more from the learned. For the difficulties associated with telearning will make it difficult to make it a feasible resource for the poor or people living in remote rural areas, especially in third world countries. Furthermore, in some cultures education, or western ideas even, will not be readily accepted. The culture in which telelearning will be asserted into must be evaluated to see what type of response will be received. The culture that the technology would be implemented might not agree with the standards because of their beliefs. may contribute to poor social skills and not prepare children and teens for adulthood and interaction within society. If a child spends the majority of a day at home on a computer, and does not have proper interaction with other children of the same age on a regular basis, then a problem and issue arises. People using the telelearning technology would not be able to socialize and interact with the surrounding environment. If the child spends most of the time sitting in the room and learning through the computer it wont have time to even meet his/her friends.
 * Social and Ethical Issues **
 * **__Equality of access.__**
 * __**Globalization and cultural diversity**__
 * **__People and machines__**


 * A simple video explaining telelearning || media type="youtube" key="0yMtbLYUNKM" height="385" width="480" ||