Is E-Learning The Way Of The Future In Education?

Technology has been a part of our educational systems for more than a decade and has been reshaping it constantly. From computer aided presentations, to online libraries, to online courses, the information technology has been offering the opportunity to access knowledge from virtually any point on Earth. The use of online learning platforms makes learning more attractive for the students and for the younger generations, in particularly, that embrace technology and all its benefits, far easier than anybody else. After the Covid-19 outbreak in March 2020, humanity had to shift from the offline everyday life to the online everyday life. The educational system was no exception and had to adapt from face-to-face teaching to online teaching, a shift which, for the majority, was not an easy task to do, at all the levels: economical, logistical and, of course, technological. The online teaching also revealed a series of shortcomings, that were unheard of in the offline teaching system and they had to be overcome, as fast as possible, in order to reduce the interruption in the students’ learning. The conclusion of the article will reveal that the tech-aided learning, although it has its challenges, will prevail even after the pandemic, as all its benefits will widely spread in the educational system throughout the world.