Financial aid for e-learning

Financial aid is assistance meant to help you pay for school. Some of schools allow students taking e-learning courses online to have financial aid but others do not. You will need to contact any school you're interested in to see what their specific financial aid policies and requirements are for students taking online courses.

Most financial aid programs fall into two categories:

Grants and Scholarships
Grants and scholarships are types of financial aid that you don't have to repay under normal circumstances. If you withdraw from a course or fail to maintain eligibility by sucessful meeting certain criteria, you may be required to repay part or all of a grant or schorlarship, depending on the particular award's rules.

Self-Help Financial Aid
Self-help financial aid consists of student loans and work study programs. Loans are types of asistance that you have to repay after you complete your degree. Normally, student loans have lower interest rates than other kinds of loans and some don't require interest payments while you in school.

In my opinion, financial needed not necessarily the amount of money that we think we will need to take course. This is the different between the cost to attend school and the amount that our family expected to pay toward our education. For me, I would apply student loan toward my study because it can treat as a preparation of emengency use. If our family facing financial problem suddenly,we still can rely on this student loan to continue our study.

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Maybe it just a few money, but when we really need money, it really very useful for us. Maybe it can help our family to go through the financial, but at least we can release their burden. So, I recommend that those who want to continue their further study, please try to apply the financial aid, its really very useful for those who facing financial problem. Are you agree?

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References:

Matthew Helm and April Helm.( 2000). Get Your Degree Online. Martinsburg, New York.

e-learning in prison

Prisoners are encouraged to take courses on e-learning in prison. Prisoners can do their learning in their free time, without missing out on other structured activities and can choose from a wide range of courses on e-learning. E-learning have many advantages for prisoners that staying in prison. Besides, it can take a fresh approach to learning and learning upon release.

Other than that, it will give prisoners choice and opportunity to develop new skills and gain qualifications which will strengthen their employment prospects after leaving and working in the outside world. Some of the prison is providing the relax environment to allow prisoners to build their skills and knowledge.

In my opinion, taking courses on e-learning in prison is really useful for prisoners. It can makes them spend their time wisely. In my imagination, prisoners keep fighting and killing in prison. It because they can do nothing in prison, so just can do such things to spend their times. But all of this just my imagination, may be i watched a lot of movie that telling us "one day in prison equals to uncountable days in hell".

Moreover, i totally agree it will increase opportunity of employment upon leaving. Nowadays, there are many learning centre that offerred e-learning in prison. Unfortunely, in Malaysia there are no organization or learning centres offerred e-learning in prison.

References:

learning Direct News, Online learnig takes off at bridgend prison, July 2006, [Online] Retrieved by 14th Febraury 2009

URL: http://www.ufi.com/home/section5/wales/en/ezinejul2006/default.htm

Analysis of the poll 2 result

Where did you know about e-learning?

The poll 2 question of this week 2 shows that 16.7% of respondent know about e-learning from book. 33.3% of respondent know about e-learning from their friends and family. Besides, 50% of the respondent know about e-learning from internet.

From this analysis on this poll question can see that most of respondent know about e-learning from internet and there are nobody do not know about e-learning. Moreover,some of respondents know about e-learning from books and their friend and family. From this analysis,I realise that searching and chatting online are more popular than before even some of them can't live without computer. Online already become their daily routine, it is main reason why e-learning become more popular and people that choose to study through e-learning are increasing.

Minority of the respondents are know about e-learning from books it because we cannot read something that related e-learning from our text book. Unless we go library and book shops to get it. Moreover, some respondents that know about e-learning from friends and family. They might know about it from their friends and family that studying through e-learning. Through this poll, we know that every respondents know about e-learning.

I know about e-learning from books. I saw this kind of books in Inti's library accidentally. If you're free and interested on it, may be you can go there to borrow some books.

(日本語から英語の翻訳文)Translation of English to Japanese

世論調査結果の分析は、 2

どこにメールについての学習を知るのですか

投票は今週2番組の2の質問は、回答者の16.7 ％電子書籍から学習について知っている。回答者の33.3
％をメールについては、友人や家族からの学習を知る。それに、回答者の50 ％はインターネットからのメールを知る学習。

この投票でこの分析からの質問は、回答者の大半をメールについてインターネットからのメールについて学習して学習している誰も知らない見ることができます。また、一部の回答者の電子書籍から、学習について知っている彼らの友人や家族。この分析から、私は、検索とオンラインよりも、いくつかの前に、コンピュータを使わずに生活するよりも人気があるチャットを実現することはできません。オンラインではすでに日常のルーチンは、主にe
-ラーニングの理由になるほどの人気と人々は、 E -ラーニングになるまで勉強するかは増加している。

私たちは、関連の電子書籍のテキストを読むことができない少数株主から学ぶものは、回答者の電子書籍については知っているから学習している。しない限り、我々の予約を行っているお店のライブラリを取得します。また、メールについての回答は知っている友人や家族から学ぶ。彼らは友人や家族から知っていてもそれについては、
E -ラーニングによる勉強。この投票により、すべての回答者が知っていることについて知っているe -ラーニング。

私が知っている電子書籍から学ぶ。私は誤ってIntiの図書館の書籍を、この種のを見た。場合は無料だし、その上興味は、いくつかの本を借りに行くことができる可能性があります。

Who are e-learning students?

E-learning students are people from all walks of life who want to further their educations but cannot commit to on-campus program for one reason or another.

According to a 2008 survey by Department of Education, the average of e-learning student is over 25 years of age, employed, and has some previous college experience. Besides, results that chose e-learning, female and male students are the same. And e-learning have proven to be highly motivated and disciplined in their studies.

Nowadays, people who taking courses through e-learning are increasing. It because people can complete most of the coursework for online classes when it's convenient for them. Most online courses are asynchronous,which means they need not attend a lecture at particular place and time, this convenience is entirely suited to today's society.

Below is the survey result of Department of Education

References:

Australian Government, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Ralations, E-learning Indicator, 2008 E-learning Benchmarking Survey, Results by gender of student, Australian Flaxible Learning Framework, [Online] Retrieved 31th January 2009 URL:http://e-learningindicators.flexiblelearning.net.au/2008results_demographics.htm

Disadvantages of E-learning

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Nothing is perfect,no doubt e-learning having many advantages for e-student but everything have disadvantages. Today i want to share some disadvantages of e-learning, it's problem of access, software and files, high motivation, isolation. Through this article, we will let you more undertand about e-learning.

By combining the latest technology and new thinking of the Internet on how people learn, it really bringing people a lot of convenient. In fact, completely rely on internet and computer also not a best way to study and learn.

Below is the 4 major disadvantages of e-learning

1.Access
At first, learners need to have access to a computer as well as the Internet. Besides that, they need to have computer skills with programs such as word processing, Internet browsers, and e-mail. It is impossible for the learner to succeed in e-learning without computer skills and software .

Slow internet connections or older edition computers will difficult on accessing course materials .

This is the big trouble for those are not comfortable using computer so this may cause learners to give up.

2.Software and files
Another disadvantage is managing computer files, software comfortability and learning new software, including eLearning. For learners with beginner-level computer skills it can sometimes seem complex to keep their computer files organized. The lesson points you to download a file which the learner does and later cannot find the file. The file is downloaded to the folder the computer automatically opens to rather than a folder chosen by the learner. This file may be lost or misplaced to the learner without good computer organizational skills.

3.High motivation
One of the advantages of eLearning is it requires time to complete especially those with assignments and interactive collaborations. This means that students have to be highly motivated and responsible because all the work they do is on their own. Learners with low motivation may not complete modules.

4.Isolation
Another disadvantage of e-learning is that students may feel isolated and unsupported while learning. Instructions are not always available to help the learner so learners need to have discipline to work independently without assistance. eLearners may also become bored with no interaction.

In my opinion, for everything learning that without teacher or lecturer, the way of learning become more difficult, we have to rely on ourselves and put more effort. Moreover, we also need higher motivation than studying in college. It because when we studying in college,our lecturer and course mate may force and encourage to do assignment and study but as a e-learner we just can rely on ourselves . Other than that, we are studying at home through e-leaning so that is no social life, we can't make new friend and enjoy the process of reaching tasks together which is called ''team work". For e-learning,everything is individual assignment, the happiness of reaching task together, that is e-learner never understand and feel this kind of happiness.

This is my opinion, are you agree?

Reference:

1stopbiztro, Disadvantages of e-Learning [Online] Retrieved 23 January 2009 URL:http://www.1stopbiztro.com/_mgxroot/page_10752.html

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A Brief History of E-Learning

In the history of E-learning, it is important to note that there is no single evolutionary tree and single agreed definition of E-learning (Paul Nicholson, 2007).
E-learning began at the same time that computer was developed that practical for personal use. That is almost 100 years history. England is the first country that offer the short courses through e-mail in 1840. This method of distance learning started popular in the early part of the last century.
At the beginning, E- learning was a part of the class environment education type. After personal computer became available, E- learning started explored by some pioneering Colleges and Universities.
Nowadays, E-learning technology has improved and have the ability to create the virtual classrooms and virtual learning environment (VLE). This process has been helped by the latest technology and become more popular in the new generation.
E-Learning is mostly use of the internet or computer networks such as LAN, WAN, MAN for the purpose of providing education. It's can come through by CD-ROM program, satellite broadcast or interactive television. In fact, newer and more efficient features turn E-Learning into a trend of educational curriculum.

References:

Higher Education Online, History Of -learning, What is the History of E-learning, [Online] Retrieved 15 January 2009, URL:http://www.highereducationonlinereport.com/historyofelearning.html

Natalia Aranda, Ezinearticles website, A Brief History of E-learning and Distance Education, Retrieved 15 January 2009, URL:http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Brief-History-of-e-learning-and-Distance-Education&id=496460

http://www.springerlink.com/content/r045g64wh74q717/fulltext.pdf?page=1