Challenges and Benefits of Online Learning on Secondary School Students

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Challenges and Benefits of Online Learning on Secondary School Students"
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Abstract:
This particular paper puts across the results of systematic literature review on the empirical
studies that helps in exploring the relationship between online education and the impact on the
primary/secondary school students. The search of the literature involved 15 journal articles from
2003 to 2018 Online education has been a new means of learning as well as educational strategy
in the 21st century that have found application in the primary and the secondary education.
Online education has enabled teachers and students in developing wider range of the ideas,
innovations and techniques and the learning and the teaching resources. As integrated narrative
review the method applies to systematic searching, writing and reviewing the literature for
bringing along the important themes and findings of research in this particular area. Thematic
qualitative criteria was applied by most authors for reviewing and selecting available literature
that allowed them in focusing on the analysis and the identification of the basic themes that
revolved around the concept of applying the online education in primary and secondary schools.
The benefits identified included improvement in the learner engagement and the centrality of the
process involved key factors that led to the development of the learning community. The
challenges identified include availability of the proper internet connection, isolation and proper
communication with the supervisors. In spite of the challenges there were students who wanted
to opt for it since it was cheaper since there was no need of spending money in renting a building
and paying expensive bills. Students also admitted to opt for online education as it allowed self
paced learning which ensured that student could take the courses from anywhere and at any time.

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Table of Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................3
Methodology:...................................................................................................................................4
Findings: Thematic Analysis of the Literature...............................................................................6
Discussion:.......................................................................................................................................7
References:....................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction:
Background of the Study:
Online education has become a common thing for primary /secondary education of the
21st century. Larreamendy-Joerns and Leinhardt (2006) reviewed the literature “observed two
complementary movements in the educational landscape: the merging of online teaching and
learning in the stream of the everyday practices at the universities and the role of the distant
programs in the institutions” (p. 572). Talent-Runnels et al (2006) conducted a review of the
course environment, the learner’s outcomes and characteristics along with the administrative and
the institutional factors. In critics to the available literature, it was identified that the
asynchronous communication facilitated the in depth communications and the students preferred
in moving at own pace where the learning outcomes were similar to the conventional courses and
the students having previous training in the computers expressed enhanced satisfaction with the
online course. Meta-analysis of the online learning put forward by Department of Education of
the United States put forward that online instruction has been beneficial compared to the face to
face instructions for both the primary and the secondary learners. The literature review did not
directly discuss the impact of the online education on the primary and the secondary education
that could drew the attention by focusing on the aspects that the online education not only
enhanced the courses but provided additional opportunities for dynamically interacting with the
learners
Statement of the Research Problem: