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Pros and Cons of E-learning Tools and Technologies in
Education
Asim Muhammad Asim

College of Al Ardha, Jazan University

Abstract
Today's knowledge society of the 21st century requires a flexible learning
environment that is capable to adapt according to teaching and learning objectives,
students' profiles, and preferences for information and communication technologies
and services. Nowadays e-learning tools are easily available for use in all types of
educational systems. E-learning tools can provide education as well as training to a
large number of students with diverse cultural backgrounds and educational levels.
However, e-learning could be failed in education when overestimating what e-learning
can accomplish. Some people normally do not understand the pros and cons of e-
learning and some of them may expect too much from it. In this paper, we review the
different e-learning tools such as Blackboard. We also comment on the most
important aims of each tool and analyze the advantages and disadvantages. From this
analysis, we obtain a global view of the current and future tendencies of e-learning
tools and therefore we provide possible important comments for using e-learning
tools in the classroom. Upon our teaching experience, Blackboard is effective in e-
learning development. Authors and practitioners showed a greater preference for
Blackboard. However, Blackboard is not fully pure social software because it does not
provide social networks. Still, we depend on cloud computing to synch information
among all of our electronic devices is turning to e-learning to provide training and
professional development opportunities to their employees. Hence, thanks to its
accessibility and adaptability.
Keywords: e-learning tools, education, technologies, electronic, Blackboard,
cloud computing, AudioVisuals, browse, blended

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