I completed my driver education course in a stuffy old classroom at my high school. I was excited and nervous to start the 24 hours of classroom instruction required in Ohio. There was so much information to learn! I tried taking notes, but the teacher moved through the content so fast that I felt like I was falling behind. After a long school day, the hours spent in the driver education classroom were a blur. After class, I would go home and research driver education content on my own, then complete my regular homework.
Not everyone benefits from face-to-face learning. Some students need a little more time to absorb the content. Others have a hard time paying attention in a traditional classroom. For me, it was easier to learn at my own pace, rather than trying to keep up with everyone else. An online driver education course would have been the perfect option for me as a teen.
This week, we’re celebrating National Online Learning Day. Online learning is more common now in the post-2020 world, but many people are, understandably, apprehensive about online learning. If you’re unsure if online driver education courses are worth it for your family, keep reading!
Why You Should Take An Online Driver Education Course
1. Online driver education courses are self-paced.
When you take one of our online driver education courses, you have the opportunity to complete the course at a pace that works for you. You’ll still need to spend the minimum amount of time your state requires on each lesson, but you also have the opportunity to spend more time on the topics you need a little help with.
You don’t have to struggle to take notes while also keeping up with the rest of the class. Online driver education courses allow you to go back through the material as much as you need in order to prepare you for your license. For example, if you’re a pro at recognizing traffic signs, but you’re unsure about parallel parking, you can spend more time exploring parallel parking until you’re a pro at that too!
2. Online driver education courses are great for visual learners, auditory learners, and reading/writing learners.
Everyone learns differently. This is one of the setbacks in traditional classrooms--it’s harder to cater to each student’s learning type at the same time. There are many types of learners, and most of us are a combination of a few or all of them. Some examples of learning types include:
- Visual learners: those who benefit from visual representations of the lesson content (e.g., charts, illustrations, and pictures. These students will often doodle during class, and greatly benefit from seeing examples rather than reading about them.
- Auditory learners: those who learn best when listening to information rather than reading it or visualizing it. Auditory learners often benefit from repeating information aloud to themselves, rather than taking notes.
- Reading and writing learners: those who prefer to learn from reading texts and responding to them in writing. These learners like to read material on their own and condense it into their own words in their notes.
There’s only so much a teacher can do when standing at the front of a traditional classroom. I remember struggling in math class during lectures, but when I was able to talk through the problem out loud to myself while doing my homework, solving the equations was much easier for me.
We keep different types of learners in mind while designing our online driver education courses by including elements suited for each type of learner. We present content in several different ways by including written lecture material, charts, illustrations, pictures, videos, games, and slideshows. Students have the opportunity to consume the same information in multiple ways throughout the course.
For example, our videos are narrated to present clear information for our auditory learners. The videos often include illustrations and demonstrations for visual learners. For our reading/writing learners, we include a bullet point summary of important topics discussed in the video. This style of teaching allows different learners to absorb the content in the way that works best for them.
3. You can take an online driver education course wherever you are.
This is one of the best perks of online driver education courses. Rather than staying at school after hours to learn in another classroom or spending a Saturday in class, students can complete our online driver education courses from wherever they have an internet connection. Our courses are optimized to work on any device. Whether you’re at home using your PC or on the bus using your iPhone, you’ll be able to complete your online driver education course at a time that’s convenient for you.
If for some reason there’s a hiccup while taking the course, you can speak to our customer service team. You won’t be sitting on hold talking to robots--our customer service representatives are real people here to help you 7 days a week.
National Online Learning Day is an awesome way to celebrate all the benefits of online learning. We hope this article helped ease any concerns you may have about online driver education courses. If you or your teen are ready to take an online driver education course, visit our website to register today! Want some more information? We got you. Check out our website for more information on our online driver education courses.
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