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Elearning: A Possible Solution to Japan’s Growing Hikikomori Problem
These Hikikomoris are web junkies, they spend most of their time surfing the internet. Some of them are gifted with great potentials as programmers and graphic artist. It is such as waste to see young teenagers shut themselves inside their room, much more talented teenagers. So what to do with these teenagers who have potentials? How do we prevent them from rotting away inside their rooms? The answer is Elearning. Since these students became Hikikomoris because they failed to find a university or college to get into, why not bring them to a different classroom? Bring these students to virtual classroom, to be precise. Online learning authors use many elearning tools that can cater to a wide range of students. Surely, this can be appealing to Japanese students.
The main problem why the Hikikomori phenomenon happens is because Japanese students failed the entrance examinations to get into a university or college after high school. That is not a problem with elearning. The online learning system requires no entrance exams, students can easily log in and choose the course they want to study, and online learning also offers a multitude of courses. From medical related course to business oriented course, students have a wide range of courses to choose from.
Since most of the Hikikomori society spends a lot of time surfing the internet, they will have no problem of studying from computer based learning. It is such a sad thought to see the young generation end up as bums, when in fact there is a way that will allow them to pursue their desired courses. With many of Japan’s teenagers who are skilled in computer programming and graphic arts, it would be a loss of future talented working force. Through this innovation teaching delivery, these Hikikomoris can study as college students and who knows perhaps they will be able to come up with better elearning tools which can further develop online learning. It is the virtual class room that is intended for Japanese students who failed to get into college.
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Education Is A Powerful Force, Especially In A Tough Economy
Additionally, the average annual salary for individuals with graduate or doctoral degrees is $75,000, while bachelor’s degrees command an average salary of $51,000. For those relying on a high school diploma alone, their average salary drops significantly to $28,000.
Therefore, for anyone seeking increased career stability in this shaky economy, higher education is the answer. Now is the best time to pursue an advanced degree to further a career, as demonstrated in a newly released video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDfew0YcDTo) by EducationDynamics.
Fortunately, finding the best program to match a prospective student’s interests and goals has become much easier due to recent technological innovations and expanded access. With 4,146 colleges and universities in the United States, both on-campus and online, never have there been more educational options from which to choose.
Expanded Educational Options
Interest in online education has surged as a result of the convenience and flexibility it affords. Online learners can complete their coursework when it is most convenient?after the kids go to bed at night or even during a lunch break at work. Web-based courses also allow students to take classes at home, in effect eliminating time and money spent driving to class.
For others, a traditional campus setting is the preferred environment. Traditional classes allow students to interact face-to-face with professors and fellow students alike, and generally offer more structure than their online counterparts.
The choice between online learning and traditional on-campus programs is simply a matter of personal preference, and there are comprehensive resources, including eLearners.com and EarnMyDegree.com, that help prospective students find their ideal degree program.
Additionally, the eLearners Advisor (http://www.elearners.com/advisor/) is designed to help prospective students determine whether online learning or a traditional educational format best suits their needs and preferences. For those unsure about which academic program to pursue, eLearners.com offers the Career Interest Test (http://www.livecareer.com/default.asp?lp=TG6A&cobrand=ELRN) to help people determine the career that best matches their personality.
Important Questions to Ask
In addition to deciding which format and degree to pursue, it is also important to note that returning to school will affect a student’s personal life. Some important questions to consider when determining whether now is the best time to enroll in a higher education program include:
1. Do you have support from loved ones? To reach optimal academic performance, it is helpful to have the support of close friends and family.
2. Do you have employer “buy-in”? Ask your boss whether he or she supports you completing coursework during lunch hour and whether it is appropriate for you to use a work computer for such activities.
3. What is your plan or timeline? A three credit college course will require, on average, 10 to 12 hours per week.
4. Do you have a home classroom or study area? A separate space for studying will help you concentrate and stay organized.
5. Do you plan to seek financial assistance? Research scholarship and grant opportunities, and tax credits and deductions to help offset costs. The Debt-Free College Guide (http://debtfree-elearners.com/) is a comprehensive resource providing a state-by-state listing of options to help make college more affordable.
Knowledge opens new doors and changes things for the better. Among the millions of people who will enroll in higher education this year, several will be the first in their families to receive a college diploma. Millions more will finish their degrees online. Many single parents will pursue continuing education to improve their earning potential. A newly-released EducationDynamics video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDfew0YcDTo) provides fresh inspiration to positively change lives and the world through a commitment to life-long learning.
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BigGyan Cloud eLearning for Coaching Institutes
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- Build WebPresence
- Integrated approach of teaching – Online course management-
- Superior Instruction
- 24X7 support to students
- Tracking Student Performance
- Parent Portal
- BigGyan Services
- Environment Friendly
Building WebPresence
Internet has emerged an important platform for marketing. It is inevitable that coaching institutes need to build their online presence as more and more parents and students are going to internet to obtain information related to career. However, the rules of creating web presence are different from the ones that work in normal world. Internet is all about starting early and targeting right. The early you start more websites will link to your website making your website more relevant, which makes the website appear higher in search results of search engines like Google. What good is a website which does not have considerable number of visitors? Further, it is extremely important to build online presence professionally. A badly designed website may do more damage than good. BigGyan helps you create web presence professionally which is directly targeted to your target audience.
Integrated approach to teaching – Online course management
BigGyan reduces work of teachers and administrators by helping them manage various aspects of courses with cool online tools. BigGyan enables teachers to be creative and use innovative teaching methodologies, allowing them to make learning fun for students. Teachers can minimize time spent to perform admin chores for courses.
- Assignments
- Online Attendance
- Online Gradebook
- Database
- Online Quizzes
Assignments
Teachers can collect assignments from students online, review it and provide feedback including grades. The grades automatically are fed into online Gradebook of the students. Students can submit any digital content (files), including, for example, word-processed documents, spreadsheets, images, audio and video clips. Assignments do not necessarily have to consist of file uploads; teachers can ask students to type directly into online text editor available in BigGyan.
Online Attendance
The module allows teachers to mark attendance of students. The grade corresponding to attendance is included into the students Gradebook automatically. Students can also view their attendance record. The attendance records can be exported into MS Excel spreadsheet format for record purposes.
Online Gradebook
BigGyan offers a very flexible Gradebook, which can be used to fit any specific requirements. Administrators and teachers can change the ways in which grades are calculated, aggregated and displayed, as well as means to change the grades manually. Various types of reports can be generated. Further, grades can be exported to MS Excel spreadsheet, OpenDocument spreadsheet, plain text file or XML file for record purposes.
Database
Teachers can build searchable repositories. A common use of this module is for storing past exam papers, activities for students to do or print out, or collections of students’ work.
Online Quizzes
BigGyan offers a powerful tool for conducting online quizzes. Teachers can design and set quizzes consisting of a large variety of Question types (multiple choice, true-false, and short answer questions etc.). These questions are kept in the course Question bank and can be re-used within courses and between courses. Quizzes can allow multiple attempts. Each attempt is automatically marked, and the teacher can choose whether to give feedback and/or show the correct answers. BigGyan also allows you to shuffle questions within quizzes and to shuffle choices in multiple-choice questions. Even randomly generated quizzes from pools of questions.
When teacher want to prepare an offline exam, they can just pull out questions from the question bank and printout the quiz.
Superior Instruction
Multimedia content
Teachers can include multimedia content – videos, interactive animations, presentations (ppt), and images to enhance their course curriculum and make learning for their students more fun. BigGyan offers tools to use any type of content with their courses.
Online Test Series
Teachers can provide online test series to their students using BigGyan. The tests can be designed such that all students have to take online test during a specific time period. BigGyan can automatically check answers submitted for objective type questions. The grades go directly to online GradeBook. Further, automatic feedback can be provided for wrong answers.
BigGyan Search
BigGyan search engine was created using Google Search Technology. Internet is filled up with low quality content. Nobody wants low quality content especially when it is being used for education purposes. BigGyan search provides only good quality content. It also groups content into lecture notes, videos, presentations, pdfs, tests, quizzes. So you can quickly reach the content you are looking for.
Rapid Course Development
With web 2.0, lot of websites have come up where people share various types of content. Ex. YouTube, Teachertube, Metacafe, Vimeo for videos; Slideshare for presentations; Scribd, Docstoc, Issuu for documents, Odeo for audio. Teachers can search for content on these sites using BigGyan Search and easily include the relevant content in their course.
24X7 support to students
Online Course Material
The entire course curriculum (lectures given by teachers, online quizzes, assignments) is stored online. Students have 24X7 access to the content. This is especially useful during exams, as students do not have to worry about lost notes, assignments. They can feel safe that they all the content. This is part of “No Child Left Behind Policy” as envisioned by BigGyan.
More Interaction
Students have support of their teachers and peers as and when they require it. They can do group activities online, discuss assignments online, share and solve problems during exam preparation.
- Forums
- Chats
- Group activities
Special Classes
Teachers can conduct extra classes using online conference (Dimdim – Web Meetings). The extra classes conducted during exams could help notch up student’s performance.
Tracking Student Performance
BigGyan provides teachers with access to finer details regarding student’s efforts and performance. It allows teachers to monitor and analyze students’ performance from a much closer perspective. Teacher’s can provide feedback which is much more relevant and beneficial to the students.
Parent Portal
BigGyan offers tools to get the parents more involved in their child’s education experience. Parents can monitor their child’s progress through the BigGyan Parents’ Portal.
The Parent Portal gives parents and guardians access to selected content from their children’s school BigGyan. Parents will be able to browse sections that the school wishes to share with its parents. Content could include upcoming events, discussion boards, and personal material related solely to their child. Parents can also communication with teachers using forums, chats and emails included in BigGyan.
BigGyan Services
BigGyan provides professional services to help you implement eLearning at your institute. Our trained professional staff is equipped to support all our client’s requirements. Institutes may not employ additional IT staff for activities surrounding BigGyan eLearning.
BigGyan provides following services:
- Fully Maintained Installation
- Fail-safe Data Backup
- Resolve Issues
- Data Entry Services
- Training Services
- Content Authoring
- Instruction Designing
- Course creation – SCORM compliant, IMS
Environment Friendly
Helps cut down Treeware
Treeware refers to all content printed or written on papers. BigGyan helps administrators, teachers and students to cut their treeware significantly. This is not only environment friendly but also saves costs and is more convenient as teachers and students are not required to carry content of paper wherever they need. No need to maintain content on paper. No chances of losing the content.
Save fuel
BigGyan provides tool to Institutes to cut down fuel costs of teachers, parents and students. Using online conference tool Dimdim integrated with BigGyan institutes can hold Parent-teacher Meetings online. Even for extra classes students are not required to attend classes physically. Dimdim provides online whiteboard, desktop sharing, chatting features to facilitate online conference.
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