Can Distance Learning Replace Traditional Learning

The distance learning idea can be viewed from the 18th century where a short hand educator made an ad in the Boston Gazette seeking students who preferred to learn by having lessons mailed to them weekly. The first distance learning course was however given by Sir Isaac Pitman later in the 19th century. Over the years, the concept gained popularity seeing a large number of students preferring to learn through this method as opposed to the traditional mode of education. This popularity led to an increased number of teaching institutions adopting the methodology (Clifton, 2017). In this modern age of technology, distance learning has been made easier since it is facilitated by internet technology (Baruah, 2018). As much as this would not be a problem for some especially those coming developed countries, gaining access to an internet connection may not be an easy of a task from people coming from undeveloped countries.

All across the globe, with its vast diverse learning cultures the use of classroom still remains popular. A great majority of the global populations has at least once attended a classroom in their entire lifetime. Unfortunately the same cannot be said when it comes to the access of a computer. Cause The main reason as to why the globe suffers from technological in-advancements is because of the differences in the various economies. Solution In an attempt to see that there is an even and widespread growth all around globe the global community ought to come together in an attempt to promote economic equality (Simons, Beaumont, & Holland, 2018). The adoption of global policies would see a standard and affordable cost of technology and its infrastructure set all around the globe.

Due to the increased usage of the internet it would benefit a vast majority of the people if access to an internet connection would be prioritized (Bowen, 2018). This would see a huge decrease in the digital divide giving more people access to more and more information. Conclusion Results Once the digital divide has been breached the adoption of the modern methods of learning in the form of E learning may be able to overtake the use of classroom learning as a learning methodology. Some of the under developed countries still have students who cannot have access to a classroom. Governments should work to ensure all students all across the world have access to learning institutions because is the backbone of tomorrow.