WEBBASEDI
NSTRUCTI
ONREPORT
INTRODUCTI ON
Ast heinternettechnologyisani ntr
oducedi tmakesanew r evol
uti
onini nformati
on
technology.Thewi deuseofi nt
ernetal
soaf fect
sthemethodsofeducat i
on.Itisagl obal
net workandgi v estheconceptofgl obalclassr
oom whereanynumberofst udentscan
i
nt eractwitheachot heratanyt ime.Thewww gi vesat
tract
ivefeat
urestoWebBased
Educat i
on,whichar e:
Theabi l
i
t yt
ohav emul ti
mediadocument s.
Thehy pertext/hypermediacapabi
li
ty.
www,net workbasi s,all
owingfordistance/
formal
(r
egular
)learni
ng.(Pawar ,2001;
SekarandDev anathan,2011)
Web- BasedInstructionref er
st oprovi
dingal earni
ngenv i
ronmentt hatismedi at
edand
supported vi
at he I nter
net /
Int
ranetand connected to a comput erwith hyperl
i
nks to
resourcesoutsi
det heinstructi
onaldomain.Theinstr
uct
ionisdesignedsothatthecomputer
displ
ay sl
essonsinr esponset olear
ner/
userint
eracti
ons(Fari
d,2008).
Web- basedlearningisonewayt oleam, usingweb- basedtechnologiesortoolsinalearning
process.Inotherwor ds,lear
nerusesmai nlycomput erstointer
actwi ththeteacher,other
studentsandl earningmat er
ial
.Web-basedl ear
ningconsistsoft echnol
ogyt hatsupports
tr
aditi
onalclassroom trai
ningandonlinelear ni
ngenv ir
onments." Pure"web-basedcour ses
arewhol l
ybasedoncomput erandonl i
nepossi bil
iti
es.Inthi
scaseal lthecommuni cation
andlearningactivi
ti
esaredoneonline.
Web- basedlear
ningcanbeal soformalorinf
ormal.Formalweb-basedlear
ningispur
posed
andlear ni
ngact
ivi
ti
esareorganisedbyteachers.I
nfor
mallear
ningtakesplacewhil
eyouare
searchingmateri
alfr
om theInter
net.I
tisself
-paced,dependi
ngony ourgoalsandambit
ion
tolearn.
Khan( 1997)defi
nesWeb- BasedInst
ruct
ion( WBI)as:".
.ahy
permedi
a-basedi
nst
ruct
ional
pr
ogram whi chuti
li
zestheat t
ri
butesandr esour
cesoft heWorl
dWi deWebt ocreatea
meaningfull
earni
ngenvi
ronmentwherelearningi
sfoster
edandsuppor
ted"
TYPESOFWEBBASEDI
NSTRUCTI
ON
Asynchronous:Inasy nchronoust heeducat
ionmodul eistobeinst
all
edf rom aparticular
websiteandthenwecanunpacki toff
li
neonourmachi ne.Int
hiscaset hereisnomut ual
i
nteracti
onofstudentwi t
ht eacher
.
Synchronous:I
nsy nchronoust ypether
eissynchroni
zati
onamongthestudent sandteacher
on-l
i
ne.Thissy nchronouswebbasededucat ionprovi
desthemostemer gingconceptofE-
l
eaning.
NEED&SI
GNI
FICANCEOFWBI
Reasonsf ort hegr owt hofWBIi ncl
ude:Gr owt hofdistanceeducati
oneconomi call
y
(r
eliableand i nex pensi vesour ce)ascompar edt o computerbased tr
aining,live
broadcast s, videot apes, andsoon,
Enablesl ear ner swhopr eferorar erequi r
edt olear
nout si
detr
adit
ionalcl
assroomst o
attendcl assesatt hei rhomesorof f
ices.
Enhanci ngst udentl earning;
Spendi ngmor et imewi thst udentswor kinginsmal lGr
oupsorone-on-one;
Reducingr epet iti
vet eachingt asks;
Reducingpaperf lowandmanagement ,and;
Prov i
dingi mpr ovedi nstr
uct ionalmat er
ials;
Webbasedi nst ructionf reest hestudent sfrom spaceandt i
me.Insuchaset ti
ngt he
student sar et of oll
owt hei nstructi
onalcont entatthei
rownlearni
ngpaceandneeds
NSTRUCTI
ONREPORT
INTRODUCTI ON
Ast heinternettechnologyisani ntr
oducedi tmakesanew r evol
uti
onini nformati
on
technology.Thewi deuseofi nt
ernetal
soaf fect
sthemethodsofeducat i
on.Itisagl obal
net workandgi v estheconceptofgl obalclassr
oom whereanynumberofst udentscan
i
nt eractwitheachot heratanyt ime.Thewww gi vesat
tract
ivefeat
urestoWebBased
Educat i
on,whichar e:
Theabi l
i
t yt
ohav emul ti
mediadocument s.
Thehy pertext/hypermediacapabi
li
ty.
www,net workbasi s,all
owingfordistance/
formal
(r
egular
)learni
ng.(Pawar ,2001;
SekarandDev anathan,2011)
Web- BasedInstructionref er
st oprovi
dingal earni
ngenv i
ronmentt hatismedi at
edand
supported vi
at he I nter
net /
Int
ranetand connected to a comput erwith hyperl
i
nks to
resourcesoutsi
det heinstructi
onaldomain.Theinstr
uct
ionisdesignedsothatthecomputer
displ
ay sl
essonsinr esponset olear
ner/
userint
eracti
ons(Fari
d,2008).
Web- basedlearningisonewayt oleam, usingweb- basedtechnologiesortoolsinalearning
process.Inotherwor ds,lear
nerusesmai nlycomput erstointer
actwi ththeteacher,other
studentsandl earningmat er
ial
.Web-basedl ear
ningconsistsoft echnol
ogyt hatsupports
tr
aditi
onalclassroom trai
ningandonlinelear ni
ngenv ir
onments." Pure"web-basedcour ses
arewhol l
ybasedoncomput erandonl i
nepossi bil
iti
es.Inthi
scaseal lthecommuni cation
andlearningactivi
ti
esaredoneonline.
Web- basedlear
ningcanbeal soformalorinf
ormal.Formalweb-basedlear
ningispur
posed
andlear ni
ngact
ivi
ti
esareorganisedbyteachers.I
nfor
mallear
ningtakesplacewhil
eyouare
searchingmateri
alfr
om theInter
net.I
tisself
-paced,dependi
ngony ourgoalsandambit
ion
tolearn.
Khan( 1997)defi
nesWeb- BasedInst
ruct
ion( WBI)as:".
.ahy
permedi
a-basedi
nst
ruct
ional
pr
ogram whi chuti
li
zestheat t
ri
butesandr esour
cesoft heWorl
dWi deWebt ocreatea
meaningfull
earni
ngenvi
ronmentwherelearningi
sfoster
edandsuppor
ted"
TYPESOFWEBBASEDI
NSTRUCTI
ON
Asynchronous:Inasy nchronoust heeducat
ionmodul eistobeinst
all
edf rom aparticular
websiteandthenwecanunpacki toff
li
neonourmachi ne.Int
hiscaset hereisnomut ual
i
nteracti
onofstudentwi t
ht eacher
.
Synchronous:I
nsy nchronoust ypether
eissynchroni
zati
onamongthestudent sandteacher
on-l
i
ne.Thissy nchronouswebbasededucat ionprovi
desthemostemer gingconceptofE-
l
eaning.
NEED&SI
GNI
FICANCEOFWBI
Reasonsf ort hegr owt hofWBIi ncl
ude:Gr owt hofdistanceeducati
oneconomi call
y
(r
eliableand i nex pensi vesour ce)ascompar edt o computerbased tr
aining,live
broadcast s, videot apes, andsoon,
Enablesl ear ner swhopr eferorar erequi r
edt olear
nout si
detr
adit
ionalcl
assroomst o
attendcl assesatt hei rhomesorof f
ices.
Enhanci ngst udentl earning;
Spendi ngmor et imewi thst udentswor kinginsmal lGr
oupsorone-on-one;
Reducingr epet iti
vet eachingt asks;
Reducingpaperf lowandmanagement ,and;
Prov i
dingi mpr ovedi nstr
uct ionalmat er
ials;
Webbasedi nst ructionf reest hestudent sfrom spaceandt i
me.Insuchaset ti
ngt he
student sar et of oll
owt hei nstructi
onalcont entatthei
rownlearni
ngpaceandneeds
