Activity 18 Online Education

Blended Learning
is when many different learning styles are mixed through the use of 'blended' virtual and physical resources. Learning styles refer to the way in which people learn, through blended learning this can be accomplished by making a lot of learning assignments and activities with the use of technology and instructor and peer interaction.

Virtual Education
refers to instruction in a learning environment where teacher and student are separated by time or space, or both, and the teacher provides course content through course management applications, Multimedia resources, the Internet and videoconfrencing etc. Students will receive the content and communicate with the teacher via the same technologies.

Electronic Learning
E-Learning lessons are designed to guide students through information or to help students perform for . Information based e-Learning content communicates information to the student. Examples include content that distributes the history or facts related to a service, company, or product. In information-based content, there is no specific skill to be learned. In performance-based content, the lessons build off of a procedural skill in which the student is expected to increase proficiency.

Flexible Learning
Flexible learning approaches are often designed using a full range of teaching and learning theories, philosophies and methods to provide students with opportunities to access information and expertise, contribute ideas and opinions, and correspond with other learners and mentors. This may occur through the use of internet-based tools such as virtual learning enviroment or learning managment systems, discussion boards or chat rooms; may be designed as a "blended" approach, with content available electronically and remotely, as well as "face-to-face" classroom tutorials and lectures.

Virtual University
The term virtual university is used to describe any organization that provides higher education programs through electronic devices such as the computer. Some of the Universities are real institutes, the bricks and mortar type that provide online learning as part of their extended university courses while others provide courses only on-line.