What Do You Reflect On Being A Better Course-Delivery Format?

I chose the blended program over the fully online program, because I wanted to give online classes a try to see how I can function and manage time to complete the required courses in the program. When deciding on what program I wanted to go into, I had to keep in mind of other priorities I had to keep up with. For example, full time employment, making an income, paying bills, pay for my insurance, and other aspects that is to be done

Within the realms of a psychological statistics class, does blended course-delivery format result in students attaining a higher grade point average when compared to face-to-face and online delivery formats?

Learning to me is allowing your brain to receive information and then applying in to your life experiences. I feel like face to face learning is better, however, online is more convenient. I prefer face to face because it offers a more personal relationship with your classmates and your professor. Although it is not practical for my life, I do wish I could attend classes in a regular environment. Online provides me that much needed space and opportunity to move at my own pace. Now that I have taken this class, I know that while I am receiving information I will be more aware of the information being delivered because I will now be more intentional with receiving the information.

With all the publicity over online courses, great professors alike have been determined to find out whether online courses are just as effective as face-to-face classes. There have been some controversies over the situation; therefore, several studies have been made. One study by Adam Driscoll, Karl Jicha, Andrea Hunt, Lisa Tichavsky, and Greatchen Thompson shows that given the appropriate pedagogy or instruction, online courses is just as an effective teaching format as face-to-face classes (Driscoll, Jicha, Hunt, Tichavsky, & Thompson, 2012). The study showed that when comparing online courses against face-to-face courses, the midterm scores for both teaching platforms are the same. Given that the GPA of the students is taken into consideration, the test grades do not improve or become worse when the class is taken online. The same study showed that when comparing online courses to face-to-face courses, the student satisfaction does not increase or decrease when

Online classes are best for people who feel they can produce better work in an isolated environment with no instructor or classmates directly in front of them. This also benefits more for people with full time jobs or other commitments that would prevent them from going to the classroom. Now the downside to this is that you have more temptation to be distracted from doing your work. Since you do practically all your assignments online, it's real easy to go right onto social media sites such as Facebook and see what everyone else is doing. If you plan on doing an online based program, you have to have a lot of self-control and will power to keep from going onto other sites not related to your

Which type of learning is better, traditional or online? As we all know, attending a college or university is nothing new. For the longest time the biggest issues for students were which school to attend and how to pay for it. However, with new and constant developments in modern technology these students are faced with a new problem: which type of learning is better, traditional or online? Students are not the only ones dealing with this dilemma; schools are also presented with the same issue. Not only do schools have to be concerned with which type of learning is best for their students but also which type of

With face-to-face schooling, students get the full college experience from meeting new people, going to special events on campus, and being able to go and talk to a professor or tutor in person. Students who chose to learn by online schooling may feel alone and isolated. Traditional schools provide students with the ability to

This paper explores published articles that report on results from research conducted on direct-instruction model and lecture-instruction model. The articles, however, vary in their definitions and uses. Lindsey (2014) suggest that Direct-Instruction works, providing rapid gains, gains that persist, gains that increase self-esteem because children have real skills they can be proud of. Lindseys statement, merely hits the surface of Direct-Instruction since it is best for learning specific concepts and/or skills. When delivering direct-instruction the instructor must have sound knowledge and skill that is logically organized and it is ideal that the learners already poses the prerequisite knowledge for this instruction to be most successful. This paper examines Peterson, Schwerdt and Wuppermann (2011) research in relation to three other research articles to suggest that both direct and lecture instruction models should be studied in order to determine different approaches with the two and which works better for the learners. Other articles look at this instruction model differently and, therefore, offer different results.

Online courses have started within the past 30 years as a means of learning. With increases in Internet use, many U.S. schools offer online classes. Because of the main disparities amid online course and face to face instruction, numerous questions have been brought forth in regard to the quality of online courses. This research will help American college students to understand the difference between online classes and face-to-face courses, and give them an idea that how effective that online classes are. Therefore, the leading research question of this study is what advantages and disadvantages of

Because the lectures are outside of class, there is more time for discussion and clarification. The lectures in strictly face-to-face courses are presented in class, so there is not usually enough time for in-depth discussions. MOOCs are entirely online, so there is no meeting for discussion. Blended courses do meet and have time for discussions, but there are some drawbacks as well. For example, if a student has a question that he or she cannot find the answer to, the student will have to wait until the next in-class meeting or email the professor to get the answer. In face-to-face classes, the student could ask the professor immediately, but a student in a blended course would still be able to eventually ask the professor in person, which is an advantage over a MOOC. Even though face-to-face classes have more access to professors, and MOOCs do not require the student to come to campus, blended courses remain beneficial to students because they provide more time for discussions and clarification than other types of classes.

With high speed internet available to potential students of all economic levels, schools are opting to implement online classes into their traditional teaching curriculum. As a result, our society is divided in two different ways of thinking on the education. Some believe the modern method is better than the traditional method of teaching. Personally, I believe both methods should balance one another instead of attempting to substitute one another; this way their purpose of educating will be far more successful.

Distance learning is not the best way to receive instruction. It could be that my bias is for traditional classroom learning because that is all that I have know all my life. I cannot fully comprehend how effective can learning over the Internet truly be. However, at the same time we have to focus on why some students decide that taking a web course is the best choice for them.

Many students have a difficult time choosing between online education and traditional education. Both styles of education offer advantages and disadvantages to the student. There are many things to consider when making this life altering decision, such as, cost, convenience, time, social interaction, and technology. This information is meant to inform prospective students looking to further their education of the pros and cons of both online education and traditional education. Taking the steps to further your education is a big decision and one that should not be taken lightly. One should weigh all of his/her options and be well informed and certain of their choice before taking that leap.

Learning outcomes in online instruction reflect both the course goals and students’ information technology competency (Shinkareva & Benson, 2007). When research compares the amount of time dedicated to distance versus traditional instruction in the areas of distribution of instructional content, student guidance and advisement, and student evaluation, the findings clearly show that, with the exception of student evaluation, more time is necessary to deliver a course at a distance (Tomei, 2010). To be able to convey more effective and efficient results

With my literature search concluded, I have begun the process of evaluating the ideas of all the researchers. Of the literature I have thus reviewed, I have found that several them discuss a system of online content delivery, relating it to student progress. It has been interesting to consider each of these perspectives and conduct an analysis to recognize both the strengths of the