There is a trend nowadays, educators more and more use technology like video recording and sharing it with students on websites prior to lectures. Especially it came obvious during the lockdown period caused by Covid-19 that a digital approach is essential when it is necessary to find an alternative to traditional classrooms. From my point of view, you should have to have an option to choose between such technology-based education and traditional style class.
I find two reasons why some students would prefer the traditional style. The first one is that you cannot ask questions while watching video lectures and obtain answers rapidly. Therefore, you have to write down things you do not understand and then ask the educator to explain, but that can lead to misunderstandings and you just can forget what to ask. Not surprisingly, it takes time to make notes after watching lectures and not so efficient without the ability to ask questions directly. Second, there is a risk that some students will not watch videos beforehand the lecture and they would not engage during the classroom because they are just not familiar with the topic of the lecture. Given this, if you attend the lecture you cannot skip or not listen to the educator especially if the lecturer can ask some questions from his side to check students' understanding during the class.
Nonetheless, it would be rash to conclude that technology doesn’t useful in terms of education. Technology-based lectures also can be very productive. For instance, during my education at Russian Gubkin State University, that method was used. Some educators provide us videos before the lecture, and then the matter of the lecture was explained additionally by discussing it together, asking questions, sharing opinions, giving arguments pros and cons. Most important we had more time to scrutinize the topic not just by absorbing text and formulas itself but by applying the subject to some real-life problems.
In conclusion, I want to highlight that traditional style class and applying technology in classrooms both can benefit education, we should not avoid any means to enhance student’s abilities and we must combine and provide the ability to choose between different styles of education.
There is a trend nowadays,
educators
more and more
use
technology like
video
recording and sharing it with
students
on websites prior to
lectures
.
Especially
it came obvious during the lockdown period caused by Covid-19 that a digital approach is essential when it is necessary to find an alternative to
traditional
classrooms. From my point of view, you should
have to
have an option to choose between such technology-based
education
and
traditional
style
class
.
I find two reasons why
some
students
would prefer the
traditional
style
. The
first
one is that you cannot
ask
questions
while watching
video
lectures
and obtain answers
rapidly
.
Therefore
, you
have to
write down things you do not understand and then
ask
the
educator
to
explain
,
but
that can lead to misunderstandings and you
just
can forget what to
ask
. Not
surprisingly
, it takes time to
make
notes after watching
lectures
and not
so
efficient without the ability to
ask
questions
directly
. Second, there is a
risk
that
some
students
will not
watch
videos
beforehand the
lecture and
they would not engage during the classroom
because
they are
just
not familiar with the topic of the
lecture
.
Given
this, if you attend the
lecture
you cannot skip or not listen to the
educator
especially
if the lecturer can
ask
some
questions
from his side to
check
students' understanding during the
class
.
Nonetheless, it would be rash
to conclude
that technology doesn’t useful in terms of
education
. Technology-based
lectures
also
can be
very
productive.
For instance
, during my
education
at Russian
Gubkin
State University, that method was
used
.
Some
educators
provide us
videos
before
the
lecture
, and then the matter of the
lecture
was
explained
additionally
by discussing it together, asking
questions
, sharing opinions, giving arguments pros and cons. Most
important
we had more time to scrutinize the topic not
just
by absorbing text and formulas itself
but
by applying the subject to
some
real-life problems.
In conclusion
, I want to highlight that
traditional
style
class
and applying technology in classrooms both can benefit
education
, we should not avoid any means to enhance
student’s
abilities and
we
must
combine and provide the ability to choose between
different
styles
of
education
.