Educational institutions have increasingly made electronic gadgets available to their students for learning hence, outdating books and printed materials. While this trend promotes better learning outcomes by increased availability of a wide range of information, it could be a source of distraction to the students.
Digital learning promotes better learning outcomes primarily by increased access to a wealth of information. When students are exposed to this, it reinforces what they are being taught in the classrooms, strengthens their knowledge base and makes them exceedingly vast in the field. In addition, with the help of these devices, the variety of information is being made readily accessible, as electonic gadgets are easier to carry around more than a pile of books. A recent study conducted in America, amongst adults who owned at least one one electronic device or the other, showed that 90% of the population have ready access to their electronic devices especially their phones than hardcopy materials. Therefore, a plethora of information, readily available and accessible to students makes learning more convenient, faster and better for the students.
One major drawback of this trend is its tendency to cause distractions. Since these devices make wide ranging information readily available and accessible, a considerable part of this wealth of information is pertaining to fun, thrill and entertainment, which are considered to be more pleasurable than studying. Since school age children do not have the strong will against distractions, they are often suckers for these. Distraction is estimated to be the leading cause of failure among high school students in the United States according to The Forbes editorial, 2016.
In conclusion, digital learning is considered a positive development as it improves learning through vast information availability and convenience. However, a lot needs to be done to prevent the students from being distracted as this simply is counterproductive.
Educational institutions have
increasingly
made electronic gadgets available to their
students
for
learning
hence
,
outdating
books and printed materials. While this trend promotes better
learning
outcomes by increased availability of a wide range of
information
, it could be a source of
distraction
to the students.
Digital
learning
promotes better
learning
outcomes
primarily
by increased access to a wealth of
information
. When
students
are exposed
to this, it reinforces what they are
being taught
in the classrooms, strengthens their knowledge base and
makes
them
exceedingly
vast in the field.
In addition
, with the
help
of these
devices
, the variety of
information
is
being made
readily
accessible, as
electonic
gadgets are easier to carry around more than a pile of books. A recent study conducted in America, amongst adults who
owned
at least
one one
electronic
device
or the other,
showed
that 90% of the population have ready access to their electronic
devices
especially
their phones than
hardcopy
materials.
Therefore
, a plethora of
information
,
readily
available and accessible to
students
makes
learning
more convenient, faster and better for the students.
One major drawback of this trend is its tendency to cause
distractions
. Since these
devices
make
wide ranging
information
readily
available and accessible, a considerable part of this wealth of
information
is pertaining to fun, thrill and entertainment, which
are considered
to be more pleasurable than studying. Since school age children do not have the strong will against
distractions
, they are
often
suckers for these.
Distraction
is estimated
to be the leading cause of failure
among
high school
students
in the United States according to The Forbes editorial, 2016.
In conclusion
, digital
learning
is considered
a
positive
development as it
improves
learning
through vast
information
availability and convenience.
However
, a lot needs to
be done
to
prevent
the
students
from
being distracted
as this
simply
is counterproductive.