Online Learning

Online learning is a method of education whereby students
learn in a fully virtual environment. First introduced in the 1990s with the
creation of the internet and utilized in distance learning, online learning
(also called e-learning) is most prevalent in higher education, enabling
students from different geographical areas to engage with an academic
institution and other students online and learn flexibly, at their own pace,
while working towards a degree or certificate.

Online learning refers to an internet-based learning
environment that can connect students of diverse backgrounds who boast
different perspectives. A higher education institution will use a learning
management system, or LMS, to facilitate online learning, which can take the
form of asynchronous learning (where students are not required to be online at
the same time, and utilize discussion threads and e-mails to complete
coursework) or synchronous learning (where students must be online at the same
time).