E- Learning In Malaysian University

E-learning is the online delivery of information for purposes of education, training, and knowledge management. It is also broader than online learning, which refers to purely Web-based learning. E-learning is gaining much attention, especially when world-class universities such as MIT, Harvard and Stanford and Oxford are implementing it.

From a student perspective, E-learning can save money, reduce travel time and also make the lessons more interactive. For example, a student staying at Penang would like to join the courses offered by UTAR at Sg Long. Without E-Learning, that student has to move to Sg Long just like all the students here. Moreover, relationships between the student and parent will farer and he couldn’t afford to go back his hometown every week.

Besides that, we will more self-initiated and self-paced as our motive is to acquiring more knowledge to widen the scope of view and to develop career skills in e-learning. E-learners are also able to adjust the time, location, and speed of learning according to their own personal schedule. It also can facilitate for students who may not wish to join face-to-face group discussion or participate in class, as e-learning can provide fear-free and privacy-protected environment.

Student is the most enjoyable job in this world, as there are no worries except studies. After adopting e-learning, there will be lack of free-to-face interaction and campus life. Besides that, additional tools need to be prepared as to provide support services for e-learning. This will costs additional money to students.

Without some human feedback, it may difficult to keep some students mentally engaged and enthusiastic towards e-learning over a long period of time.
Overall, to encourage e-learning to be the applied throughout Malaysia, there is still many problems to cope with as the technology over here is still not as advanced as compared to Western countries