Virtual Learning: Merits and Demerits of Online Learning

This presentation discusses the meaning of virtual learning, its merits and demerits. It highlights the advantages of online learning such as efficiency, accessibility, affordability and different styles of learning. It also explores the disadvantages of online learning such as health hazards, lack of physical activities and issues in technology. The presentation concludes that online learning plays an important role for individuals and provides various types of online learning such as asynchronous, synchronous and hybrid learning.

VIRTUAL LEARNING

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Meaning of virtual learning
Merits of virtual learning
Demerits of online learning
Conclusion
References

INTRODUCTION
Due to high level of susceptibility such as overpopulated
housing conditions, high incidence of debt, high
absorption of the jobs where social distancing is quite
difficult. Rise in the prices of the bills, commodities etc.
COVID has increased the adoption of the healthcare
products which increased the inflation as of this most of
the population went unemployed this has changed the
conditions of the residents of UK. Furthermore, the
government is keeping the track of prevailing conditions
in the market of the country, through various regulations
and rules, policies and procedures and various techniques.
As of now the situation is almost under the control of the
government and will come to an end shortly.

MEANING OF VIRTUAL
LEARNING
The online learning is the learning
which is done virtually. It is type of
education which is done online and may
be it is considered as learning from the
distance. In this the education is gained
with the help of the internet instead of
taking them physically. In this the
students can interact to their teachers
online around the world.

MERITS OF ONLINE LEARNING
1. Efficient
2. Easily accessible to time and place
3. Affordable
4. Provides a different styles of learning.

DEMERITS OF ONLINE LEARNING
1. Can't able to focus on the screen for
the long time
2. Issues in the technology
3. Proper training required to the
teachers
4. Health hazards as looking for screens
for long time can cause bad posture
5. Lack of physical activities

CONCLUSION
The above report has been concluded
that the online learning plays an
important role for individual. In this
students gets their degrees, certification
through online deliveries. There are
various types of online learning. They
are asynchronous, synchronous hybrid
learning.

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