Education is the most important thing in our life. As studens make greater use of Internet resources, online learning have continued to grow in popularity and effectiveness. Online learning let students learn at their own pace, accomplish assignments on their own schedules and acquire the same knowledge as they would in a traditional, classroom-based course. Just like traditional education, online instructors use discussion, assignments and community to educate students. Findings in the study indicate that online students may engage more often in deeper learning on assignments than those in the traditional classroom environment.( Manning-Ouellette et,al. 59-79.) Today I will talk about a topic that what is the advantages and disadvantages of …show more content…
Online learning are largely absent from certain discriminating factors such as age, physical appearance, race, gender, and even disabilities. But the students of traditional education must have many limitations. Some schools limit students to go to schools because their age, addres, grade or others. Endorsed the need for classroom change to allow students to acquire more significant kinds of cognitive learning, particularly critical thinking skills. (Gardiner ). “Relative enrollment in online classes has tripled over the last ten years.” (Stack) because compared to traditional education, online learning is could save much money , The students who attend the school which implemented traditional education will spend much more money.Not only tuition and other fees, but also are usually higher for traditional education, students need to worry about the daily cost of living such as transportation, food, social activities and so on. Online learning is cheaper than traditional education. For instance, the students who live far from their school do not need to spend a lot of money for transportation ,they can still live in their house and do not need to buy food for themselves. Beside that, students can study anywhere as long as they have computer and internet
There are many problems with having many authorizers for charter schools as explained in the article. 1. Multiple authorizers limit charter school’s academic growth. 2. Multiple authorizers mean there is no oversight.
Imagine the United States in its near future: while a select few successful, affluent and influential people take power over the rest of the country and essentially control the way it operates domestically and internationally, the remainder of the population remains at a state comparable to the Great Depression in the 1930s, where unemployment rates are high, few unskilled jobs are available to the public, and the majority of urban residents are forced to rely on soup kitchens and live in shantytowns. The state of most United States schools today is absolutely atrocious, and should they continue to educate the modern generation of children and teens, a dystopian society is bound to arise in what is now considered one of the most powerful and
In the option essay of “The Trouble with Online Education” Mark Edmundson started with question about what people are thinking that the lawyers learn from their clients and the patient's teaches the doctor about the medicine. He also talk about how the teacher are also need to learn from the students and how they can improve their teaching so it would be best fit for all the students in the classroom. He talk about how a president was dismissed because she was not moving forward fast enough on the internet learning. He gave himself and his student as an example of how the teacher should learned from the students and at the same time the students also learn from the teacher. Edmundson also compare the online teacher to a school teacher.
“Online Learning: The Ruin of Education” was written on March 22, 2012 by Alexander Spring a sophomore student at Tufts University at the time. He wrote the article for the Huffington Post Teen. Spring is a cognitive and brain science major with a minor in economics. He also is a pre-med student, and writes for the Tufts Daily and Huffington Post rather regularly. Spring’s target audience for this article was anyone that would read it, but mostly geared toward young adults and people interested in education.
Emphasizing his Church of Reason speech, a student should be motivated to learn regardless of its external influences, either being location or motivations. As noticed through Phaedrus’ experiment, the same type of students who excelled with grades were able to motivate themselves in the grade-less atmosphere, similar to how the failing students kept failing regardless of their external environment. The same thing could be said with an online class. Students who excelled in class, surrounded by their motivated peers should have the same capability to excel when forced to manage their own class time and self-motivation. On the other hand, the less motivated students will not succeed in an online learning environment because they learn from having the immediate feedback of a teacher.
The importance of diverse learning communities has led me to believe that everybody learns differently. Some students use flashcards, some students use visual aides, and some learn just from bouncing on a ball and doing an activity. Nonetheless, they are all learning the same material. In a diverse learning community different ways of
Compulsory Education Most, if not all of us, are aware of the fact we are required to go to school-the reason behind this are the controversial compulsory education laws. There have many many different forms of compulsory education in past times. In the Roman societies it was expected of young people to study under someone who had an education. Whenever attending school became mandatory in the United States there was a lot of controversy. On one hand, you had people who loved the idea of their kids having to go to school for a set number of years and the state providing it.
Outline Introduction Online education, which is also known as distance education, is an education that is based on the internet and utilise many types of technology. This type of education is different from the traditional or classroom education . Some people think that online education is not an adequate method of learning, however, others think that online education is an easier and more efficient way of learning. Moreover, survey result from Pew research center in 2011 shows that around 23% of college graduates attend the online class and about 15% of those completely acquired the degree from online education. Body Argument 1: Lower total cost Opposing Argument: Since online education utilizes the latest and modernized technology devices,
This essay will explore the controversial topic of whether online education is better than traditional education. Online education currently has many advantages, and these are very attractive to most students. One of the most important factor to why so many students in the world is taking online courses is because of its flexibility. It is apparent that student can listen to the lectures or use the course materials anytime and anywhere, as long as they have internet connection.
Teaching the Information Literacy in online Technology considerations have been addressed to some extent through the development of information literacy in higher education, and more recently we have seen stronger connections between online learning and information literacy. According to Mackey and Jacobson (2011), the ongoing development of technology by suggesting that in the future is one would see more information technology that is evident today, and it help them solve problems and create knowledge. Although this document does not mention online learning specifically, it does acknowledge the impact of technology on information literacy and focuses on the problem solving capability of information literate citizens. The Association of College
On online learning, students will build the interaction with the instructor through out by text, audio, and video. Indeed, online course offering a good deal of students capability to regulate their own time without being controlled by institutions. (Bejerano, A, 2008) .Which means that students do not need to do some activities and have more flexibility of time. However, considering the fact that online learning distance of students to the student society, it can be easily affected on how the students achieve the goals. In specify, for students who take higher education such as undergraduate, graduate, and master via online learning they definitely separated by physical interaction.
Evolving methodologies for curriculum and instruction are essential to improving how we educate. McMillian positions that essential to this is understanding the value of scientific inquiry. He explains, “the principles of scientific inquiry provide the foundation for conducting studies…analyzing educational problems, making decisions, and designing, conducting, reporting, and evaluating” (McMillian, 2016, p. 7) to provide significant benefits for engaging students and affecting achievement. Among the changing methodologies is the consensus that the use of STEM-education concepts are necessary to prepare students for 21st century skill-building. Subsequently, this has led to an instructional methodology that highlights math-centered curriculum, and the instruction of science and technology as independent of core content.
Theme: Education Narrow : The cause and effect of online learning Lai Che Hui (1001541419) Loo Yee Qi (1001541775) Now a days, a lot of people of the frequently to use technology or electronic products in any way or any time and of course most important is the Internet. A lot of schools started to use online learning to replace traditional paper based teaching method and submit the assignment. Basically, online learning had been widely accepted and practiced throughout the world. There’s tones of online learning student around the world, but did they ever think about what are the benefits they actually enjoyed on online learning?
students are turning toward online education as a way of getting a high school diploma or college degree. Students no longer need to sit in a classroom all day — restricted to one space, and expected to learn within a limited school day. With the progress in technology, education has expanded to the point where all that students have to do is to turn on their computer at any time of day, and start learning. There are three main reasons beyond the decision of choosing online schooling :flexibility, choice and pacing.
As the online scene is rapidly prevailing in our everyday life, the traditional form of face to face learning is slowly shifting its practice towards online learning. Online courses are becoming a growing trend with a flexible way of functioning in respect to time, location and accessibility. However, even though it sounds appealing, students need to consider the advantages and features of face to face learning which cannot be found online. Traditional educationis based on and helps develop: communication skills through interaction, discipline and organization, as well as a distinct value that traditional degrees have for future career advancement. Those in favor of online learning would argue that communication online is possible and just as valuable of an interaction.