Traditional education versus virtual education

                                                         Mauricio Andrés Manriquez

It has been proved that traditional education hasn’t been very useful for most people, and the main reason is because the learning process has taken place only in classrooms, and also because teachers have been the center of the class.

According to Thomas Frey in his writing “The Future of Education”, we as human beings learn since the moment we wake up and even learn when we are asleep, so with this research we can say that a classroom centric education is not necessary.

In the past the time used for learners to get information was way too much compared with the time they spend now to get the same information with a minimum of time. Also books are cheaper now than before and are easy to get them. That is why many people in the past couldn´t  have  a good education.

Nowadays  education is changing.  Learners have the opportunity to choose virtual education which means that they can learn from the place they want and manage their own time, too and a huge  number of the people in the world with access to the internet could benefit paying little money if compared with  traditional education and in some cases virtual education that  can be free.

According with statistics, virtual education is spreading all over the world and more people are becoming professionals, technicians, and getting master degrees. There is no doubt that you can get more benefits with the virtual education than with the traditional education, and the only things you need  in the virtual education are: a computer, access to the internet and computer skills to achieve your goals.