Thursday, January 29, 2009
U-Blog 1
Internet learning, is this where our educational systems are headed? Will the internet eventually phase out the traditional classroom? Would everyone be able to learn from the internet or would their still be those who need face to face? I think that their will still be a need for face to face learning. A computer cannot teach you. You can read a computer, but if you do not understand what you are reading then you are screwed because the computer cannot explain it to you or help you understand. Their are some people who could learn by themselves with just the internet. It seems that internet learning is a new trend with many colleges offering distant learning programs, and some offering programs you can participate totally over the internet. Maybe needing face to face learning from an instructor is a learned experience from attending public schools for thirteen years of face to face learning. I do not think that internet learning will not completely replace face to face learning but it will probably make a lot of ground and become a popular choice for college students, but not totally replace teachers.
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Internet learning has become very popular for education, but I agree that it can not fully replace the traditional face-to-face method. There are some courses where the online learning works just fine, but a subject like English or math will not work as well online. If the e-learning method continues to grow then a standard system is going to have to be formed so if you take several online courses, they would follow a similar setup. Why do you think that online courses will become a popular choice for college students?
ReplyDeleteGood points Tim. I also agree that face to face learning will never die out. I think there's a lot of things they could do to improve online learning. For a class like this it works just fine since so much of the class depends on interacting with one another over the discussion boards and blogs. There are just way too many distractions to learn everything you should learn for all of your classes. The more online courses you have the more you move away from the social aspect of school. Being in a class in person allows you to meet new people and better prepares you for the workforce. Meeting people online is one thing but it's completely different in person.
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