Computer based training is any form of education that makes use of and relies on a computer. In the past, this was just relegated to a hands-on training for students who were trying to get familiar with how a computer can be operated. Today, anything and everything can be done using the computer.
Take for example medicine. Who would ever have imagined that this highly technical profession can make use of computer based training? Thanks to creative minds behind movies and special effects, the development of virtual computer based training can help medical students and doctors learn the hows and whys of the human body. In fact, this is now one of the most advanced ways of learning the ins and outs of the human body and is used to train residents of surgery.
On another application, pilots of any kind of plane depend on the computer based training to get familiarized with the control cabin of the planes they have not even eye-balled yet. In fact, many pilots perfect their training under this training method before they are allowed to even touch the billion dollar worth of planes in the military. Once the pilots finally get to sit in the cockpit and take hold of the controls, they are so familiar with how everything works that automatically their bodies respond instinctively. This has resulted to less problems encountered by a pilot and less deaths.
Going down to earth level, even the training on how to operate a bulldoze or a crane can be completed online using the computer based training. The simulations are very realistic and the controls used are exactly those found on the real machines and equipment that there is no apparent hesitance to react to a stimuli. This is one of the reasons why this is seen as the future of education.
Today, online or offline, anyone who wants to learn anything can go in front of a computer and learn at their own pace. In fact, people who want to learn how to speak a new language can rely on the computer.
Education today is at a whole new level and it is getting more and more reliant on technology. Fortunately, innovators and inventors like the recently passed Steve Jobs have made this simpler and easier for all. Think "touch screen" and learning today and education is getting more accessible, even for those who have not even seen a real classroom. The future of education is on computer based training and the future is just around the corner.
Take for example medicine. Who would ever have imagined that this highly technical profession can make use of computer based training? Thanks to creative minds behind movies and special effects, the development of virtual computer based training can help medical students and doctors learn the hows and whys of the human body. In fact, this is now one of the most advanced ways of learning the ins and outs of the human body and is used to train residents of surgery.
On another application, pilots of any kind of plane depend on the computer based training to get familiarized with the control cabin of the planes they have not even eye-balled yet. In fact, many pilots perfect their training under this training method before they are allowed to even touch the billion dollar worth of planes in the military. Once the pilots finally get to sit in the cockpit and take hold of the controls, they are so familiar with how everything works that automatically their bodies respond instinctively. This has resulted to less problems encountered by a pilot and less deaths.
Going down to earth level, even the training on how to operate a bulldoze or a crane can be completed online using the computer based training. The simulations are very realistic and the controls used are exactly those found on the real machines and equipment that there is no apparent hesitance to react to a stimuli. This is one of the reasons why this is seen as the future of education.
Today, online or offline, anyone who wants to learn anything can go in front of a computer and learn at their own pace. In fact, people who want to learn how to speak a new language can rely on the computer.
Education today is at a whole new level and it is getting more and more reliant on technology. Fortunately, innovators and inventors like the recently passed Steve Jobs have made this simpler and easier for all. Think "touch screen" and learning today and education is getting more accessible, even for those who have not even seen a real classroom. The future of education is on computer based training and the future is just around the corner.