Should Online Learning Be Encouraged?
Should online learning be encouraged?
Online learning imputes technology and multimedia in education which has been well developed in established universities and community schools which are well equipped with ICT. Online learning has been a popular form of education imminently among those who requires a flexible study schedule to suit their job hours while in the mean time striving to earn a scroll of qualification which is supported by a research with more than 50% of students voted that it lessen the problems on timetabling. Besides that, a vast majority of four fifth students favours online learning as there are courses offered which are not available in schools (The news 2007). Nevertheless, online learning could not fully excel or replaced the old method of learning as there are some barriers such as, it is only suitable to a small minority of students and extensive training is required for teachers.
First and foremost, most of the students in this era have been taught with a teacher through face to face interaction and this group of students would rather learn the traditional method in preference to using the internet or multimedia (Mussared 2007). Furthermore, it is a lost for students who tend to procrastinate and put things off. Students who are taking courses through online learning have to be well equipped with self discipline and good time management. Also it is essential that the students are motivated all year round to complete the assignments and avoid distraction when surfing the internet. Dominguez(2007) mentioned that he experience himself easily being drawn away into doing something else when feeling unmotivated.
Apart from that, there has to be additional training and skills to be cultivated by teachers to teach students via online. In order to come up with a successful online learning course, both party, the teachers and the students have to have adequate IT skills and the capability to send out or retrieve files related to the course.
Online learning imputes technology and multimedia in education which has been well developed in established universities and community schools which are well equipped with ICT. Online learning has been a popular form of education imminently among those who requires a flexible study schedule to suit their job hours while in the mean time striving to earn a scroll of qualification which is supported by a research with more than 50% of students voted that it lessen the problems on timetabling. Besides that, a vast majority of four fifth students favours online learning as there are courses offered which are not available in schools (The news 2007). Nevertheless, online learning could not fully excel or replaced the old method of learning as there are some barriers such as, it is only suitable to a small minority of students and extensive training is required for teachers.
First and foremost, most of the students in this era have been taught with a teacher through face to face interaction and this group of students would rather learn the traditional method in preference to using the internet or multimedia (Mussared 2007). Furthermore, it is a lost for students who tend to procrastinate and put things off. Students who are taking courses through online learning have to be well equipped with self discipline and good time management. Also it is essential that the students are motivated all year round to complete the assignments and avoid distraction when surfing the internet. Dominguez(2007) mentioned that he experience himself easily being drawn away into doing something else when feeling unmotivated.
Apart from that, there has to be additional training and skills to be cultivated by teachers to teach students via online. In order to come up with a successful online learning course, both party, the teachers and the students have to have adequate IT skills and the capability to send out or retrieve files related to the course.