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Future Studies of Religious Education Based on Virtual Learning /63

- Availability of e-moderating facilities, where
teachers and learners can communicate easily. They
can communicate easily without being limited by
distance, place and time.
- Educators and learners can use instructional
materials or structured and scheduled learning
instructions through the internet.
- Learners can learn teaching materials anytime and
anywhere if needed because the teaching materials
are stored in online computer/cloud systems.
- If the learner requires additional information
relating to the material, he / she can access the
internet easily.
- Both educators and learners can conduct online
discussions which involve a large number of
participants, thus adding knowledge and wider insight.
- When learning is practiced online, the learners may
become more active.
- E-learning is more efficient. For example for those
who stay away from school or do not have access to
quality education within their vicinity.

The use of Internet e-learning learning also has some
disadvantages which includes.
1
- Lack of interaction between teachers and learners
or even among learners themselves. This lack of
interaction can slow the formation of values in the
learning and teaching process.
- The tendency to ignore the academic aspects or
social aspects and vice versa may encourage the
growth of business/ commercial aspects in
education system.

1. Suteja, 2016, p. 25.