This is the age of computer and Internet
system. We have e-mail, e-commerce, e-business
and so on also this ate is the age of globalization
and internationalization in every aspect
including education. So, we now have online
education, online electronic filing system,
online library, online database etc. Our
classical college and campus attending education
system is facing a challenge to cope up
with the globalization of education in all
aspect such as teacher, students, teaching
material, and methods as will as the modern
technological facilities for quality education.
Under the context, online education is through
computer system connected to internet system
such as W-link and others. Online at present
has assumed as one university system, either
formal or informal, besides the traditional
class room teaching learning education system.
Online education has enumerable beneficial
characteristic and offers advantages to
the students.
• It is modern in the sense that it
is learner oriented and interactive because
the student can learn what he or she wants
in his or her own perspective way.
• It imparts quality education in
highly specialized and selective way because
one can search the best knowledge out of
best in the situation in one’ selection.
• It is comparatively cheap, time
saving, less effortful and convenient because
one has not to go the college or campus
to attend a class or teacher at a stipulated
time and place.
• He or she can have the education
sitting on his or her own room in front
of the online computer.
• It is quite useful, quick and problem
solving because the student can solve the
problem of difficulty in no time to his
or her satisfaction by referring to the
relevant online web site.
• It is self-dependent, independently
adaptive and accessible to the world’s
cast mass of knowledge according to his
or her choice or need. This, the entrepreneurs
engaged in online education system in Nepal
such as Worldlink has done a commendable
job. Online education swill be very popular
and will prove to be very useful and effective
in due course of time.

Prof. Dr. Siva Prasad Dhoudhadel
Visiting Professor
Worldlink Academy |
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