Availability
of Web technology supported by powerful computer programming
techniques has opened up attractive alternatives for creation
and distribution of dynamic and interactive educational
materials. Reduced dependency on computer hardware and operating
systems, increased integration of pedagogical theories,
along with flexibility in production, delivery and usage,
are seen to be major factors in enhancing acceptance of
Web-based on-line education and its dominant pedagogy of
e-learning by both learners and instructors.
The emerging dynamic Web technology provides students with
cost-effective choices beyond those normally available in
a centralized environment like a university campus, a lecture
theatre, or a tutorial class. E-Learning can be considered
as learning at anytime and anywhere; a Web-based system
that makes information and knowledge accessible to those
who need it.
Virtual universities promote learning over the Internet
at university level, a phenomenon that partially has been
successfully tried by traditional universities around the
globe to achieve improved teaching and learning.
Students in virtual universities are no longer tied to a
program of lectures with set times and locations; they can
acquire knowledge whenever and wherever they choose.
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E-Learning refers to learning that is delivered
or enabled via electronic technology; utilizing
a network for delivery, interaction, or facilitation.
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