Online learning or e-learning has become an integral part of today’s student life. There are so many facilities which a student is getting through online learning like e-Learning platform development services. Just like any other subject or topic, online learning has its own pros and cons. The same way we can see that it reduces the cost of travel to attain education and this relieves the student from a big burden. Students can learn and get education from any corner of the world, they just have to search the study material according to the need of their course and subject they have chosen and they can get all the study materials, assignments, research paper, videos, lectures, exam papers, etc. as per their capability to grasp. Today students can have multiple options due to online learning and they are free from the shackles of studying from one individual whether he/she is able to teach or not.
Today a student can choose any online education app like classroom app to learn the knowledge and subject whichever he/she wants. Students get a lot of options and information about any topic on any such classroom app. Students get the option to choose their learning and study materials according to their level of learning and interest. The only pro and con which bothers and makes teachers and students happy and sad also according to the situation, is availability of internet networks. If the internet network is strong then online availability of content will be easy to study and if not then it causes trouble and desperation.
Just like any other medium of acquiring education, online education also has to suffer from some ethical issues which are not that grave but need attention from the concerned authorities of this field. Most of the time the very first matter of concern which arises is unethical usage of the internet by school going students. Student life is full of curiosity, they want to learn and to see the things they are unaware of so handing over them such a powerful resource of knowledge like internet sometimes becomes harmful for them because out of curiosity they search and watch inappropriate content also but it can be mend if teachers and parents mutually make students understand to utilize their time wisely only for studies instead of any other harmful thing which can affect their studies. Guidance of teachers and instructions of parents can always guide students on a progressive path. There are also some legal issues of data protection, copyright and licensing which can be handled if proper guidance and instructions are provided to the students on how to use the internet only for study purposes.
Apart from this plagiarism is also an ethical issue where students copy study materials from various websites and paste them in their assignments, research papers of academic papers instead of doing hard work and search material regarding the topic which has been given to them to write. For this, students can be taught the method of paraphrasing where he/she can take ideas or inspiration from various sources but can represent those thoughts in his/her own words. In this way he/she can kill two birds with a single stone he can escape an ethical issue of online learning as well as he/she can improve his/her grammar, vocab and thinking capacity.
Two more ethical issues must be discussed such as the problem of distancing. When tutor and learner continuously keep on staying in touch through a virtual world of online learning and teaching then gradually, they become far away from face-to face interaction. Hence, tutors and learning coaches need to be empathetic towards their students and create a trustworthy and jolly environment so that students can ask their queries independently and can enjoy each and every teaching and learning session. Teachers should solve problems with all possible means whether they can help students via live lecture, mails, chats, video chats whatever means are possible for them to help students. Teachers can also handle one more issue regarding online education is scarcity of resources as it is not possible for every student to have all the necessary equipment for online education, then just like old days teachers and mentors can help the child in such a situation.
Online learning is a boon which should be provided to each and every student today. They all deserve this enhancement and its benefits.
