Online Learning and Personalized Experiences

     

 I have observed that the bigger the organization, the more systems are put in place that tend to have more rigidity and less flexibility when it comes to personalizing methods of learning. Online learning is one solution to this problems still we as teachers have to introduce our students to this type of learning.

Learning is both individual and collective. Students can use internet to locate information (individual) and then discuss it with others (collective). It's not just hard skills that we need in today's society - soft skills count for much. So, using internet is a soft skill that will help them educationally and professionally and discussion and face to face interaction is a great hard life long skill.

When using internet resources and specially MOOCs many questions arise: Am I aiming for a recognized accreditation or am I learning the subject for the love of learning? Do I have a very good grounding in the subject already, so that I'm capable of guiding my own learning, tapping into the wealth of accessible resources; or do I know very little of the subject, and will therefore benefit from a more hierarchical, externally imposed approach? 

What can go wrong when a learner chooses what he wants to learn? I think nothing. He gains as long as he works on both school and personal curriculums.     A student an learn best when he is aware of what, when and how to learn as well as how to use what he learns.