E-learning: global education without walls

The term Electronic Learning or e-Learning is being used with increasing frequency these days as the possibility for getting knowledge and information out to the learner at her/his own pace has opened a whole new world for knowledge transfer. In recent years avenues of knowledge dissemination have changed from “tech-nology-supported learning, distance learning and distance education” to “online learning and web-based train-ing” to “e-learning”. Today, e-learning allows us to share and manage knowledge and skills of the professionals who work in our colleges and universities, and to get the right information to the right people, when and how they need it. Teachers and learners must realize that new opportunities are offered by modern on-line communication. A person with basic Internet and Web skills is open to a whole new world of knowledge, from free Web surfing and self-organized education - through on-line resources and familiarization with Internet culture, its places, sites, search engines etc. - up to a more structured approach.