This year didn’t go off to a good start. First the wildfires
in Australia then the coronavirus outbreak, things haven’t been going too right
as of late. When the COVID-19 started to dominate the world, the world was put under
lockdown and everything was closed. The shops, retails stores, public places, religious
places and even educational institutes were closed.
The technology of internet has saved millions of businesses
from falling apart and going bankrupt. There have been numerous cases where a
business didn’t have an online presence and they suffered from bankruptcy. Whereas,
businesses who knew about the importance of online presence were saved. When it
comes to the educational department, the dynamic was different. Since there
were no physical classes possible, the internet worked its magic and introduced
a few new eLearning options.
Institutes were quick to adopt the technology and integrate
them as per their needs. The educational classes were started online to ensure
the integrity of the syllabus. However, there were still a lot of issues with
the online class systems. There were attendance issues, internet issues but
among those issues lied a bigger problem which was that online classes weren’t as
beneficial as physical classes.
The problem was initially protested by the students but
eventually students and teachers caught up to the eLearning basics. Zoom, Google
Meet and many other online meeting platforms thrived in the lockdown. These top
meeting platforms were the core of online teaching and are now considered the
top eLearning platforms.
Visualize the eLearning in 2020 amidst the pandemic through
the following infographic.
Infograpic by: raconteur
