Compare Online To On Ground Education

Compare online to on ground education

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Compare online to on ground education

Online education

Online education is referred to the type of education that caters the students learning through an online classroom. This type of education is characterized by a virtual classroom where learning happens through the instructions that are virtual whether in the form of audio, video, etc.,

On-ground education

On-ground education refers to the traditional classroom education system, where there is a real classroom environment based on the presence of a student or group of students and the teacher (Ossiannilsson et al., 2015). The learning takes place with the face to face real interactions between students and teachers. It includes real classroom, school and college education.

Comparison and Contrast

Based on the characteristics and attributes, both instructional methods tend to offer differences as well as to an extent, similarities in education and learning (Kovacs et al., 2018). Considering the similarities between online and on-ground education, the quality of education in both remains same to a greater extent, except for the subject that requires proximity such as cooking classes, etc. Furthermore, the importance of testing and assessment is of emphasized similarly, regardless of the distinct modes.

However, there exist differences as well in both methods of education. As, online education provides flexibility in the learning timings, which help the student to learn at their suitable timings, unlike the on-ground education (Kovacs et al., 2018). In contrast to online education, on-ground education provides a face to face classroom interactions, which provides opportunities to the students for expressing their ideas and learnings with the class. Moreover, the major difference between these two methods of education is that online education can happen anywhere and anytime, but the on-ground education is restricted to the grounds of institutes, colleges or campuses (Esfijani, 2018). Also, the on-ground education tends to provide the real experience significantly for the fields that require training such as medical and civil, etc., but online education is not effective in this regard.

Both the education systems entail different benefits relevant to the modes of learning that are being used, but the differences in the procedures occur due to the use of the different interface and instructional method.

References

Kovacs, P., Peslak, A., Kovalchick, L., & Wang, W. (2018). Attitudes Toward Course Delivery: A Multi-University Study of Online, On-ground, And Hybrid Instruction. Information Systems Education Journal, 16(4), 27.

Esfijani, A. (2018). Measuring Quality in Online Education: A Meta-synthesis. American Journal of Distance Education, 32(1), 57-73.

Ossiannilsson, E., Williams, K., Camilleri, A. F., & Brown, M. (2015). Quality Models in Online and Open Education around the Globe: State of the Art and Recommendations.