We live in a world where we can access anything without leaving our comfort zone and of course, it includes education.
Gone are those days when we had to travel miles before acquiring skills and education, but now we can learn even without leaving our homes. I did a part-time course in the school because of how hectic my job was then but I have a friend who was studying online. I always feel sorry for her because I don't understand how online education is being done so I thought that it might be fraud for people to sit at home and still be in the class.
At the end of the year, she graduated just like I did and she also had a certificate just like mine which made me rethink that if I had known I would have had the online education instead of stressing myself to school after working so hard in the factory.
She got a job with her online course certificate while I couldn't all I got was that the certificate was too low to qualify for the post I was applying for, then I realized that we are now living in a digital world, everyone wants to be civilized and do their things online.
The good side of online education
Students don't t encounter industrial strikes the physical institution does.
It is easy to learn anywhere you are at your convenience.
Despite Online education being good, I still find it boring to cope with despite all the good attributes it has.
Sometimes my friend who did online education always called me that she was bored listening to lectures all day without seeing anyone around while I was in school among my classmates listening to lectures.
There is no doubt about the fact that online education can be boring when all you have to do is listen, if I were the girl I wouldn't be able to cope because I would definitely sleep during the class which is not good enough.
The only thing I love about online education is that I don't have to leave my comfort zone before I can go to school and I don't have to buy a handout all I need to do is get quality gadgets for the class, and of course subscriptions because here in Africa there is nothing like free WiFi, you have to do the subscription yourself.
One more thing that might also affect online education is the server, here in Africa sometimes we experience breakdowns from the server and at that moment someone who is into online education can't access anything online until the server is good and that happens most especially when it rains.
The bad side of online education
Distraction
Boredom
Server issues
No matter how good online education is these three things are the main problems it has because once you are bored with the class it is easier for you to navigate to another site while you are still in the class and that is called distraction.
Or the server might start breaking which may affect the class.
There is nothing that has it good side that doesn't have a bad side, online education is good but to me, I wouldn't concentrate if i should try such education even though it will be so comfortable for me.