Is Remote Learning Good Option for Students

The mobile learning experience has had to have been rapidly adopted by many schools and colleges across the world, and at such a quick rate that the infrastructure and setup have needed to be built in a hurry and as quickly as possible to the best quality as possible.

Therefore, many improvements can be made, some negatives and cons of remote learning have been identified from the whole learning experience but overall, this has shown huge potential and a real need for schools to offer more remote learning options. And that’s what we are looking at today.

Reduced Costs

One of the many reasons to increase remote learning options, especially from an education provider’s point of view is the reduced costs that come with more remote learning options. Further savings could then be passed onto pupils and further educational costs such as textbooks and equipment as an example to make learning more accessible to the masses and more affordable overall.

Without the need for a classroom, every single day of the week does mean a reduction in utilities, rent, and other associated costs. Whereas more remote learning options will also bring the benefit of potentially accepting more students at a lower cost overall increasing the class size.

Depending on the school students’ age, the potential flexibility of more remote learning options does mean they can get more real-world experience in a job that is less picky on hours as they can then work more shifts and accelerate their job and working experience whilst learning at their own schedule. This ultimately helps their overall learning journey.

Learning benefits

Remote learning does create many learning benefits. Many students have seen an improved rate of learning due to the flexibility, interaction, and ability to focus away from classrooms alone or within a virtual group if required in a comfortable space.

Remote learning options allow students to work at their own pace. Meaning if they are understanding and working through a module well, they can keep pushing ahead instead of waiting for other class members to catch up. However, if they are struggling or need more time without being left behind, the remote option can really benefit them, they can take their time to fully understand the module or speak with staff members (virtually) for further assistance if required for a full understanding.

Pre-set answers and grading mean the teachers then have more time to help students who need it, which in turn ensures these students continue learning and receive the help and support they need before it is too late or forgotten about. More time for teachers is always a positive, right!

Personalized Learning Experience

More remote learning options bring more personalization options for students. Students may be able to receive personalized modules and learning, depending on their learning speeds or learning styles such as visual, audio, and more, which ultimately helps each student’s personal learning abilities to be catered for and help their overall grades and understanding.

The more remote options available, the more personalized functionality will be developed and explored, to help the entire class learn in their own ways and at their own paces. Whilst potentially identifying areas needing more work (related to the syllabus) or which students need more help than others, and may in the future be able to generate new, more difficult questions the further the student progresses.

The mix of Remote Learning and Classroom

The hybrid approach of continued classroom learning whilst increasing the remote options creates an extremely strong model for education and the growth of students and schools alike. Having a good mix of both will bring all the benefits of remote learning with all the benefits of traditional classroom learning.

Conclusion - So why should schools offer more remote options?

Everything investigated above, creates an extremely solid case in the reasoning to increase the number of remote learning options in schools.

Including the potential cost savings to students and education providers. Alongside the personalization and proven improvements in learning abilities for students, shows a real need to increase the number of remote learning options available to students, parents, and teachers alike.

Overall, we aren’t saying to go fully remote, however, a good hybrid model of the traditional learning experience and an increased amount of remote learning options will strongly benefit the entire educational system across schools, from grading to students understanding and also student (and parent) happiness with the school’s progress and forward-thinking approach.