Why e-learning does not work for some people

The e-Learning modal of acquainting knowledge is totally new and most of the people are already finding it to be very beneficial owing to its simplicity and flexible nature along with some other advantages. The most well-noted feature is its ability to save time and money. The e-Learning has negative points much like how a coin has two sides, there are few disadvantages present with the e-Learning. The features that seem to be beneficial become really profitable only to that category of people who find the e-Learning as more comfortable. To those people who are very well happy with the traditional teaching methods, the downs of e-Learning weigh more to their choice of avoiding this mode of learning. The reason that few might find e-Learning difficult or not suitable to them could be from the following list of Cons which are associated with the e-Learning.

• The most often heard complaint with this mode of learning is that the e-Learning is largely reliant on the theoretical approach to any subject. Although there are visuals to help the aspirant to get a good and solid image of the concept, yet it appears to be only halfway effective to be impacted as there is no hands-on exposure. Practical support is very much required for few mindsets in order that the memory stays strong for a long time. This is one major drawback that e-Learning has because not every subject can be explained completely through the electronic medium.
• Another problem associated with the e-Learning is that not every website that offers the course is strict on the structure or outline. Thus the absence of a structure that defines and shapes the progress of learning in a particular course. Thus, the responsibility to choose which topics have to be covered first and the topics that have to be covered next lies solely on the candidate who has opted for e-Learning. In other words, there are no specific ways to define the goals and this is where most people’s interest sets off.
• To someone who is not comfortable to learn a concept by reading the material or watching the videos or hearing the audios that are placed on the tutorials section of an e-Learning site will find e-Learning as very difficult. Leaving aside the type of people who are uncomfortable as discussed, there could be cases where the candidate has insufficient knowledge about handling a computer and for that category, it becomes a long route to learn from this method.
• Sometimes there could be a set of technical constraints that lay off the candidate’s interest and attention apart from the aspirant’s own limitations. The software might be easy to operate for someone yet it could be painful for others however good an attempt was made to make the site or application user-friendly.

The factors that were mentioned before, could be critical for some people in opting not to go with e-Learning while others may not find them to be so important.