Online education to be deliberated in Rotary webinar

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi 

(Pakistan News & Features Services)

Online education is defined as distance education using the internet to create a learning environment, in which students interact with content, lecturer and fellow students during their learning process in order to acquire knowledge and competences. 

Online education has become part and parcel of life, most significantly, with the outbreak of the pandemic of COVID-19 which paralyzed the whole world as social distancing became order of the day. 

During the last year and a half, online education seems to have become new normal following the decline in mobility of mankind. 

Education paradigms had been shifting to include online learning, hybrid learning and collaborative models for the past one decade but it became a necessity when the pandemic rocked the world in 2020 forcing even the tiny tots to use internet and smartphones for starting or continuing their learning process. 

‘Pros and Cons of Online Education’ is the subject of the webinar being organized by Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan (RCKD) via zoom from 1830 to 1930 hours Pakistan Standard Time (PST) on September 29. 

With a vast network of Rotary International spread in all the continents of the world, this particular webinar is expected to generate more interest than normal ones because of its catchy subject which should attract a large number of educationists and students as well, besides other professionals. 

Ghazala Faruqi Nizami, Chief Executive, Happy Home Schools, will be the keynote speaker in the webinar while Dr Minhaj Qidwai, Ex-Program Director, Institute of Business Administration (IBA), will also speak on the occasion. 

Jahangir Moghul, Assistant Rotary Public Image Coordinator, Rotary International Zone 1-B, Dr Aftab Imam, Governor, Rotary International District 3271, Asim Murtaza Khan, Immediate Past President, Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan, and Syed Khalid Mahmood, President, Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan, will also be sharing their views on the much talked about subject of online education while the vote of thanks will be presented by the club’s Secretary and President-Elect, Awais Moghul.