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Let me point out another thing you are forgetting about e-learning:
- The avg open water student (who isn't on these forums, lets all be honest and admit we are scuba geeks ) goes to the knowledge reviews, reads the question and then hunts for the answer without reading the book. That student misses alot of information that is not covered any other time in the course. If you've never taught diving you'll have a hard time understanding this, but there is plenty of information in the book you don't have the time or means to put into your class.
E-learning forces the student to show progress without 'moving backwards'.... they have to interact with the software regularly to 'prove' they are paying attention. Books don't have that. Also, if you take standard OW without e-learning, the slides you'll see and info you get is the "safety concepts review" (That is the PADI name for those slides).... It does NOT cover everything. So even though you sit in lecture, if you don't read the book, you don't do well.
For something meant to be fun, like diving, e-learning makes it fun. Most students have no interest in reading the book.
And I completely agree, it is up to the instructor to make or break the deal, e-learning and the book cannot do that. My argument is that the divers I have certified using e-learning versus the same divers who took the lecture seem to have better information retention.
E-learning isnt for everyone, but in my personal experience I have seen better divers from e-learning than from the traditional class (as a whole, there are exceptions)
And if you think e-learning is hurting the industry, think again. More students have more time to take the class when it is on their schedule, plus they still need the brick and mortar shop for pool and OW dives. Theoretically the instructor could train twice as many students in the same amount of time, which would mean more revenue for the shop (I don't agree with a rushed class, just stating a theory). How exactly is that bad for the industry?
KM
- The avg open water student (who isn't on these forums, lets all be honest and admit we are scuba geeks ) goes to the knowledge reviews, reads the question and then hunts for the answer without reading the book. That student misses alot of information that is not covered any other time in the course. If you've never taught diving you'll have a hard time understanding this, but there is plenty of information in the book you don't have the time or means to put into your class.
E-learning forces the student to show progress without 'moving backwards'.... they have to interact with the software regularly to 'prove' they are paying attention. Books don't have that. Also, if you take standard OW without e-learning, the slides you'll see and info you get is the "safety concepts review" (That is the PADI name for those slides).... It does NOT cover everything. So even though you sit in lecture, if you don't read the book, you don't do well.
For something meant to be fun, like diving, e-learning makes it fun. Most students have no interest in reading the book.
And I completely agree, it is up to the instructor to make or break the deal, e-learning and the book cannot do that. My argument is that the divers I have certified using e-learning versus the same divers who took the lecture seem to have better information retention.
E-learning isnt for everyone, but in my personal experience I have seen better divers from e-learning than from the traditional class (as a whole, there are exceptions)
And if you think e-learning is hurting the industry, think again. More students have more time to take the class when it is on their schedule, plus they still need the brick and mortar shop for pool and OW dives. Theoretically the instructor could train twice as many students in the same amount of time, which would mean more revenue for the shop (I don't agree with a rushed class, just stating a theory). How exactly is that bad for the industry?
KM