As technology advances and the number of employers that require their workers to have a degree increases, so has distance learning courses, e learning courses, and a number of course formats that allow open learning.
Essentially open learning means that the student is not restricted by required attendance in a classroom or other meeting place and that to some degree the student can study and learn course material at their own pace. Open learning is a part of many distance learning courses and e learning courses. However, not all distance learning courses and e learning courses are necessarily the same as open learning.
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Cooperative Learning is actually having the students work in groups or a group setting. Instead of the traditional style of teaching, the students interact with each other and build upon their school relations. In Week 4’s class lecture it states, “Cooperative learning teaches students to be a functional member of a team, with not only individual responsibilities, but group responsibilities as well” (Week 4, 2005). This is an importance learning style to incorporate in the lessons because it builds communication skills in the classroom. These skills will become the basis of their adult relations. In order to better understand cooperative learning, the main theorists and basis of this subject need to be explored.
Due to the internet and the vast majority of sites on this subject, teachers can implement this information into their classroom quickly. When going to google and typing in “Cooperative Lesson”, 826,049 sites can be viewed. The main idea behind the 10 most popular sites are “What is Cooperative Learning” and “How can Teachers implement it in the Classroom”. The most vaulable site found in regards to this subject is http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/intech/cooperativelearning.htm. This site is titled, “Cooperative Learning” and have a dozen links which will help a teacher grasp this style. The consensus of this site states cooperative learning.
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Over the past two decades we have seen a significant shift towards eLearning – especially in areas where the focus is on vocational training and the acquiring of job-related skills. Many of these skills have a large computer-oriented component, so that makes eLearning especially appropriate for this type of training.
For example, when large numbers of workers are displaced from their jobs because of changing technology or other global trends, one of the first types of “retraining” they need is to bring them up to speed on the general use of personal computers in all types of business. eLearning courses are particularly suited to this task because learning on the computer gives them a chance to practise the very skills they are trying to learn.
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