After reading this week’s article, I am even more convinced of what I had in mind for myself. Online learning offers more benefits to students than offline teaching and gives teachers more opportunities to share more content. First and foremost, online learning allows students to communicate with their professors in ways that are not possible in a traditional classroom (Major, 2015), and students have the freedom to schedule their own time and enjoy the flexibility of learning in a relaxed environment that is often more productive.
Online learning allows for interactive communication with the instructor through web pages and systems, giving students more freedom to master and become proficient in what they are learning and to choose only what they want to learn, rather than just generalizing from the course syllabus. Because that doesn’t stimulate students’ interest, which is the source of all motivation. During this Covid-19, I participated in a number of different online courses, which provided me with many different experiences, and I prefer online learning to offline learning.
And the history of distributed open learning dates back as far as 1970 (Jordan, 2017) after all this time, it is becoming more and more supported and popular today.
If I were a teacher, I would teach my students distributedly. It gives them more choice and time, and I as a teacher am always aware of the various learning states of my students and get support from distributed learning. I can easily assign weekly learning content in the system, and students can view the learning materials and contact me through web chat at any time. I like the relaxation of learning, so I hope that in the future if I become a professor, I will let my students enjoy my classes in the way I like best. I believe this will bring better results to the classroom.
Major, C. H. (2015). Teaching Online – A Guide to Theory, Research, and Practice. Retrieved from http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uvic/detail.action?docID=3318874 (pp. 76-108)
Jordan, K. & Weller, M. (2017). Openness and Education: A beginners’ guide. Global OER Graduate Network.
July 13, 2022 at 4:04 pm
I agree with you that in online learning, learners often have more time freedom than in offline learning, and learners can communicate with their tutors anytime and anywhere through learning platforms or social networking software. However, I believe that a moderate amount of offline activities are necessary for teaching, so that the instructor can see where the learners are currently at in their knowledge and give them coaching or help based on their own situation.
July 13, 2022 at 7:43 pm
hello shallow, i am very impressed about your experence and throughts regarding the online learning. Especially you have uesed some real examples like the online learning during COVID-19 etc. i think that we have similar opinions towards the benefits of online learnings as well as the negative part of the online learnings.
July 14, 2022 at 9:03 pm
Thanks for the post! You’ve shared many virtues of online learning. In order to strengthen this post, I would suggest using the five structure elements. You could explore each of those and consider your preference and then perhaps consider the implications of the preferences for others (e.g., others in the class, the instructor, the institution).
Also, I’d suggest that you write for an open audience. Therefore, provide more context in your post assuming the reader doesn’t know the readings you read, etc.
Thanks!