(Gandhi) Face to face learning is what most students grow up learning. But once they get to the upper grades, things start changing. Then out of nowhere, students are starting to learn online. Society needs to change back and stay with the original, face to face learning. Face to face learning is better than online learning because face to face learning has more flexible schedules, it provides peers opinions, and face to face learning has better benefits as an adult. Face to face learning is better
Learning is an endless process, it is never too late to pursue more knowledge. Education has always been a controversial topic around the world because it can be applied to people in different age groups. As human’s achievement in technology has greatly improved, the access to education becomes much easier as well. Many people believed that the traditional style of education, which is a face-to-face learning, can provide the most beneficial result in terms of learning. Students attending school regularly
changed our life in many ways, such as online education. In 2002, more than 1.6 million college students took online courses and unsurprisingly, this number almost tripled in 2008 (Allen and Seaman, 2010). Queen and Lewis found (2011), “74% of school districts with distance education programs planned to expand online offerings over the next 3 years.” However, although many students and instructors are using online education, the debate about the efficiency of online instruction comparing with that by
traditional face-to-face learning nowadays seems to lose its credibility over online courses and the question whether face-to-face learning is better is reaching its climax. Every single day thousands of people start taking online courses in order to save time. This global trend threatens face-to-face learning and makes a lot of people worried about the future of education overall. In this modern world where technology has taken over people’s everyday lives, face-to-face learning is a far better option
course-mode (mixed-mode, online). A mixed-mode course: interactions between the instructor and students are planned and facilitated both synchronously (in-person) and asynchronously (online) on a regular basis. Access to instructional materials typically occur online but may be distributed face to face. Online: learners access and interact with the instructor, with other students, and with instructional materials online (typically, the Internet).
knowing whether they should forward their education on a traditional college campus or the alternative, online classes. There are several more reasons why students should chose to go to a traditional college campus. In order for college students to receive the best education that they possibly can, traditional face-to-face schooling is a much better choice than online schooling. With face-to-face schooling, students get the full college experience from meeting new people, going to special events on
technology we have today for learning. It has moved on from the traditional classroom and whiteboard style to online learning with the supplementation of the mobile phone. There are various benefits of online and mobile learning however there are benefits that the traditional method of learning that technology cannot overcome. Online learning is the process of studying without having to physically attending classes or lectures and mobile learning is to help online learning more efficient by quickly
Students' Learning StylesLearning is a complex process of acquiring knowledge or skills involving a learner's biological characteristics/senses (physiological dimension); personality characteristics such as attention, emotion, motivation, and curiosity (affective dimension); information processing styles such as logical analysis or gut feelings (cognitive dimension); and psychological/individual differences (psychological dimension) (Dunn, Beaudry, & Klavas, 1989). Due to the multiples dimensions
Education Introduction/Thesis Online education has rapidly become a popular alternative to traditional education, due to the flexible nature of the courses and also the fact that the online learning environment may not require additional expenses. However, some people find traditional learning to be more advantageous than online learning. The traditional learning environment provides some people with more support throughout their scholastic career. When looking at online education versus a tradition
Facts”). Of the 20 million, 5.8 million are enrolled in at least one online class (“Report”). With that said, one can conclude that face to face learning at a university is the popular choice among students in the United States. It is the most familiar way of learning, and for most students it is the best choice in order for them to succeed. The rate of students choosing to learn online is on the rise though. Many view it as the better choice of the two options because it is convenient and costs less