‘One of the most important areas we can develop as professionals, is competence in accessing and sharing knowledge’, said Connie Malamed. And e-learning is doing its bit in this regard. The most effective and successful professionals are continuously learning. Crossing all the barriers that hamper their growth, distance education is now the talk of the town.
In the traditional model of learning, it was debated that a student has freedom to learn through interaction. Distance education has taken a step ahead and showed us that learning is the interaction of brains and knowledge. This has led to a massive acceptance of distance education into many homes. Not only does it give the freedom of time, but also doesn’t demand a physical presence. This has helped a lot of working professionals as well as people who were denied access education due to logistical problems.
Online MBA
Online education has not only helped people get an additional point in their professional lives but has also helped people realize their dreams of higher education. Where topography restricted, e-learning created! Online MBA involves imparting education through the internet. Various recorded lectures, videos, and chat sessions are created to provide a classroom-like atmosphere. Students are provided with course contents and e-books through a student portal of the university website. Many universities like Bharathidasan University, also provide smartphone applications to help students. Through smartphone apps, a student can refer to the curriculum or the e-book anytime and anywhere. Universities also facilitate live doubt clearing sessions with the professors, video conference, webinars etc. to keep the students up to date.
Distance MBA
Among various graduate, postgraduate, and master online courses, distance MBA is very popular. This two-year course requires a certified graduate, from any recognized university, for admission to distance MBA courses. As business is booming and cutting cross the boundaries, nations and continents now stand united as a global market, the demand for business professionals has increased exponentially. Various specializations in MBA are now available like MBA in finance, accounting, human resource management, supply chain management, marketing, etc. This two year course focuses mainly on business fundamentals in the first year and imparts education in the chosen field for the second year. These courses also help students to imbibe and develop many life skills like analytical thinking, risk management, change management, communication skills, etc. Any MBA graduate is absorbed into the market within no time due to the demand for professionals.