Disadvantages Of Face To Face Essay

• Disadvantage and advantages of face-to-face classes: A disadvantage of having class face-to-face is the classes are based on a certain amount of minutes, sometime classes are usually like three hours long. Classes that are about 50 minutes long is a good length of time, but I have had numerous three hour long classes, which is very hard to pay attention and learn significant amounts of information during that time. So much information is presented to the students and most of the information will not make into long-term memory because the information is being presented quickly or one is not paying attention. Personally, I have suffered through long and boring lectures and when I walk out of the room, I don’t recall a single thing, due to lack …show more content…
Even though there are some disadvantages, I believe there are more advantages of face-to-face class. An advantage of face-to-face class is that social transmission of information occurs when the professor is presenting a PowerPoint or by watching documentaries. Video clips. Through these experiences can help students learn through the professor’s observation. Also, having class face-to-face helps enhance the material covered and gives students a better understanding of the material being presented. Face-to-face classes have many advantages which help students learn and recall the information being taught to the students. Face-to-face classes provide an opportunity for interactive learning and is more hands-on and has the opportunity to provide many different learning strategies to help students …show more content…
Learning significant amounts of information and cramming all the information, the information will most likely not be stored in long-term memory. Learning significant amounts of information all at once is not as effective as distributing the information, which helps store the information in long term better, distributed practice vs. massed practice. Personally, online classes I have had I don’t remember the information because it is not usually stored in my long-term memory. Another disadvantage for online classes is, one must be self-motivated and have the time for the online class because online classes require a lot of time. If one does not have a lot of time and is a procrastinator they might not be successful. If a person is not motivated to work on the class on their own time, it might negatively affect their grade. An advantage of online classes is it makes it more convenient for people. People can go to an environment that is comfortable and convenient for them to work on the online class/es. If a person is more comfortable they might pay attention better and focus on the class. Also, if a person is normally shy and does not like to participate in class they will feel more comfortable in online class asking questions and being more involved with the