subject: Online Education - A New Trend [print this page] Change has been defined as the only constantChange has been defined as the only constant. The education system is no exception. It has been changing from time to time, over years. Looking at the present education system it would be very difficult to imagine how it has evolved over so many years. Students might drop their jaws after knowing that students never used notebooks couple of decades back rather they used slates and chalks. Similarly students after a couple of decades later may not be able to digest the fact that students earlier never used laptops in classrooms.
As a result of this ever changing education system, a new mode of education called online education has emerged. Through this mode of education one can pursue an educational qualification course from home, with the help of a computer and internet. One need not go to any school or university for gaining formal education. This form of education offers lots of benefits to the students over traditional mode of education and perhaps this is the reason why it has become so popular in such a small span of time. Millions of people have embraced this mode of education so far. Online education is offered in a variety of fields that. Some of them have been described below-
Accounting: Every year millions of people take a plunge into accounting and bookkeeping. It is a course that doesn't require much of physical work. All that a student studies, is practiced over internet. Realizing this several companies launched online accounting courses for students. Out of all the other courses, Sage accounts courses are the most widely used accounting courses. The reason behind is that most of the companies use Sage accounting softwares. So most of the students think that pursuing a sage accounting course can fetch them a decent job, which is indeed true.
Graphics editing: Education in the creative field can also be pursued through online education. There are several editing softwares that are taught through online education. Adobe Photoshop is one such creative software learning course. In this course, a pursuer gets skilled in editing photographs, creating graphics, adding effects to various images etc. After pursuing this course one can either clinch a decent job or start up own business in the same domain.
Language Learning: Online language learning course are very popular amongst e-learners. One can learn any language through online training. In the present scenario when the world is united by science and technology, only one thing divides us and that is language. To overcome this barrier and facilitate a free flow of communication people have started embracing online language learning courses with a great zeal.
Business Management: Business management education through online training has flourished very well in the past few years. There are several courses available to educate students in the field of management. These courses span over a wide variety of fields of management such as HR, finance, Operation etc. One such course is a Sage certification in HR. It was pursued by a record number of about one million students, last year.
