The benefits of emails, believe it or not, have already extended to allowing people to earn educational degrees through online correspondence. Yes, students can now get an MA in marketing or a PhD in archeology by simply exchanging emails with their teachers. This is made possible by online education: the provision of educational instruction using computer technology.
Sending emails
Like traditional educators, teachers in online schools also educate their students through the provision of lectures. But instead of holding formal discussions inside classrooms, the teachers in online schools correspond with their students via email. These emails usually contain attachments such as study modules, study guides, and other study materials. In fact, some teachers in online schools even forward their lectures to their students by sending emails with audio file or video file attachments.
Email is not the only communication tool used in the provision of online education. In some online schools, the teachers and the students also communicate in web forums and newsgroups. There are some instances when they also schedule videoconferencing and teleconferencing classes.
Receiving diplomas
To assess the learning aptitude of the students, teachers in online schools also schedule quizzes and exams for their students. They send exams (also via email) for the students to answer. The students, in turn, have to send back the answered exams to their teachers. Because they are of the “take home” variety, the exams given to the students of online schools are usually answerable by essays or illustrations. If the students managed to pass their exams and submit their projects, the online school will then award them with accredited diplomas.