Continuing Education Behaviors Among Area Radiologic Technologists

The Behavior of RAD TECH Students

Towards Continuing Studies After Post Graduate Courses

Chapter 1 : Introduction

Students who have already finished their bachelor degrees are usually faced with the decision of actually continuing their studies . This includes those who are involved in the medical field such as RAD TECH or Radiologic Technology . Most of them are faced with the choice of continuing their studies through online learning assistance . It is undeniable that with this new trend in education , many among the said individuals decide to undergo internet based education . Why is

this so

The birth of Information Technology in the field of business and education industries , paved way to the revolution of the training and learning processes of people around the world . The innovative design of the internet and its availability to a large number of populations around the globe makes it a feasible environment for learning new things (Carchidi , 2001 ,

10 ) and now even earning a degree from the World Wide Web . This is why many critics say that the IT generation holds so much promise on producing more skillful employees as well as new graduates . These products of virtual education are expected to be the ones who could handle the challenges of this technology driven world in both for the present and future era . Aside from this , the effectiveness of the online learning invites many existing companies to engage in the said venture . True , there might be some differences on the payment for the training services compared to that of traditional ways of educating the people , the online classes are still by professionals who would like to learn more without actually taking so much time and effort staying in the university or training camp classrooms

Virtual schools as well as virtual training programs work in a way that a person

or a student in that matter who is a member of a virtual program is given his or her own

security number , which serves as a security access to the virtual class Then , the virtual lessons could already be presented to that member in a virtual class setting . The instruction in such classes usually occurs between a panel or a group of instructors interacting with at a maximum number of 200 students around the globe simultaneously (Robins , 2003 br

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The students are aided with the knowledge they need to understand their lessons better with the use of online libraries , electronic sources and both visual and audio materials used for better explanation of the subject matter being tackled (Robins , 2003 ,

8 . Virtual learning started in the year 1996 , when Virtual High School had been first established in Canada . The said virtual school offered two complete courses on Biology and Canadian literature . The said school grew into becoming groups of interconnected classes and became among the pioneer providers of virtual education (Carchidi , 2001 ,

21 . The challenge of offering online courses and assisting students online proved to be a challenge for these pioneers but they strived...