THE NEED FOR AN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN TEACHING AND LEARNING (E-LEARNING)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
According to DfES e-Learning Strategy Unit (2003), e-Learning exploits interactive technologies and communication systems to improve the learning
experience. It has the potential to transform the way people teach and learn across the board. It can raise standards, and widen participation in lifelong
learning. It cannot replace teachers and lecturers, but alongside existing methods it can enhance the quality and reach of their teaching, and reduce the time
spent on administration. It can enable every learner to achieve his or her potential, and help to build an educational workforce empowered to change. It
makes possible a truly ambitious education system for a future learning society. It is on this note of positive advantages of e-learning and the need for an effective
communication system in teaching and learning that necessitated this research.
Technology has revolutionized the way people work and is now set to transform education. Children cannot be effective in tomorrow’s world if they are
trained in yesterday’s skills. Nor should teachers be denied the tools that other professionals take for granted (Tony Blair, 1998).
According to Paige (2002), a click of a mouse button provides any student anywhere with unprecedented opportunities to learn. So if a child in Grand
Junction wants to master Japanese, it’s possible online. If a budding artist in Five Points wants to study the masterpieces of the Louvre, it’s possible online.
