Education has been a key part to society since the beginning of time. Without education we would still be outside living primitively, without any math, science and an English language. Distance learning is usually a course in which an instructors post syllabi, reading assignments, and schedules on websites, and students send in their assignments by email (Cornellius). Everyone has their own experience with distance learning. The problem is that everyone learns differently, and has their own ways of processing information. The fact that a professor is speaking to you face to face is really beneficial to some students. While, some students just want to fall asleep. Distance learning has brought a whole new outlook on learning, whether it
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The new advances in technology have the potential to completely change the education system as a whole. Distance learning was supposed to allow great teacher to reach any student, anytime, anywhere (Wilson). The internet allows you to communicate with anyone around the world with just the touch of a button. By using online classes, students will no longer be obligated to have social interactions with their peers on campus. Yes, students will be able to access the information given by the instructor at any time they want. But, without their instructor face to face, students will have to come up with their own method of processing information. This academic freedom given to students can result in a lackadaisical learning technics. Figures indicate that the reduced effort results in a reduced commitment to the course. The distance learning division of Cornell University, less than a third of the respondents expected the quality of online course to be as good as the classroom course (Cornellius). My junior year of high school I took an online Spanish 2 class. Personally, I have found how easy it is to cheat on your homework, quizzes, and even tests. It is not difficult to just add a new tab to your web browser and look up the answers on the all-knowing internet. When education is so important, why make it so …show more content…
Students have access to anything they would like to know about, in just seconds. Meaning that we should use this to our advantage, instead of hurting our education systems. Technology helps busy students connect with each other and their teachers outside of the classroom and give resources during lectures (Wilson). Why not let the classroom and online work coexistent to enhance our academic success? Being in a so- called “flip” classroom currently at Florida Gulf Coast University, I have never understood Biology better. My professor has us watch video lectures before class then in class we go over an answer any questions we have. By using the class time to answer questions about confusing topics in the lecture, it creates a better understanding of the information in the lecture. Doing away with the traditional classroom, is starting to become part of our future. In a survey in 2010 by Sloan Survey of Online Learning, approximately 5.6 million students took at least one online course during the fall semester of 2009. Which was a 21% increase from the previous year (Orgill). We don’t need to diminish the idea of online classes; we need to innovate it to use the internet to our advantage.
The new advances in technology have the potential to completely change the education system as a whole. Distance learning was supposed to allow great teacher to reach any student, anytime, anywhere (Wilson). The internet allows you to communicate with anyone around the world with just the touch of a button. By using online classes, students will no longer be obligated to have social interactions with their peers on campus. Yes, students will be able to access the information given by the instructor at any time they want. But, without their instructor face to face, students will have to come up with their own method of processing information. This academic freedom given to students can result in a lackadaisical learning technics. Figures indicate that the reduced effort results in a reduced commitment to the course. The distance learning division of Cornell University, less than a third of the respondents expected the quality of online course to be as good as the classroom course (Cornellius). My junior year of high school I took an online Spanish 2 class. Personally, I have found how easy it is to cheat on your homework, quizzes, and even tests. It is not difficult to just add a new tab to your web browser and look up the answers on the all-knowing internet. When education is so important, why make it so …show more content…
Students have access to anything they would like to know about, in just seconds. Meaning that we should use this to our advantage, instead of hurting our education systems. Technology helps busy students connect with each other and their teachers outside of the classroom and give resources during lectures (Wilson). Why not let the classroom and online work coexistent to enhance our academic success? Being in a so- called “flip” classroom currently at Florida Gulf Coast University, I have never understood Biology better. My professor has us watch video lectures before class then in class we go over an answer any questions we have. By using the class time to answer questions about confusing topics in the lecture, it creates a better understanding of the information in the lecture. Doing away with the traditional classroom, is starting to become part of our future. In a survey in 2010 by Sloan Survey of Online Learning, approximately 5.6 million students took at least one online course during the fall semester of 2009. Which was a 21% increase from the previous year (Orgill). We don’t need to diminish the idea of online classes; we need to innovate it to use the internet to our advantage.