E-Learning - New Method of Studies

In this 21^st Century, many countries are very competitive in developing technologies and multimedia field in order to reduce the communication gap. In this regard, the government of Malaysia is making a lot of efforts to establish the Multi-media Super Corridor (MSC) in the area of 750 kilometres square, the covered area from Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) and extended to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). The implementation of this project is giving a lot of implication that seen from different view such as the aspect of education, economic, industrial, social and politic.

Nowadays, the exponential growth of technologies in the global markets makes people easier to learn more effectively. Meeting this new approach in gathering knowledge, the Ministry of Education Malaysia are decided to look forward and doing a lot of research regarding the learning style and thus design the E-Learning system to motivated students to develop self-learning skill to achieve higher performance especially at higher education level.

E-Learning is a new method of learning by using Internet and computer technology. Typically, the learning materials are stored either offline such as CD-ROM and E-Book or online that can be access by using Internet browsers. This system is very easy because students does not have to go to traditional class and more effective in cost since all the references are free and can be access any time and anywhere as long as your computer is connected to the Internet.