In this day and age, the dominance of technological advances has revolutionized education in many aspects, leading to the fact that computer-based courses are widely replacing the traditional classes in many universities. Although the benefits of this trend are varied, in my opinion, its drawbacks are more significant and should not be ignored.
On the one hand, offering online courses for university students can be advantageous to some extent. To be more specific, courses based on Internet platforms provide learners with more flexibility as they can get access to the lessons from anywhere according to their own schedule, as long as Wifi connection is available. In fact, students nowadays can make use of their time when waiting for a bus or sitting on a bus to access the course and acquire knowledge. Besides that, it is true that the cost of online courses are much cheaper than the traditional learning models. Instead of paying extra money for facilities on campus, which is quite expensive, students can pay smaller amount of fee for the online courses.
On the other hand, I hold a firm belief that the disadvantages eclipse the advantages mentioned above. First of all, in order to achieve good academic results, intensive self-discipline is required. Learners seem to be easily distracted by surroundings such as surfing Facebook or listening to music, which have negative impacts on their concentration and efficiency. In addition, the lack of face-to-face interaction and peer support can demotivate online students. If learners do not understand the lessons, it will be difficult for them to ask teachers or friends and then be explained as clearly as in traditional classrooms. Consequently, they get confused and have no motivation to finish the course as they cannot catch up with the course and make progress.
In conclusion, because of aforementioned reasons, it seems to me that the merits of online classes are surpassed by the demerits.
In this day and age, the dominance of technological advances has revolutionized education in
many
aspects, leading to the fact that computer-based
courses
are
widely
replacing the traditional classes in
many
universities. Although the benefits of this trend
are varied
, in my opinion, its drawbacks are more significant and should not be
ignored
.
On the one hand, offering
online
courses
for university
students
can be advantageous to
some
extent. To be more specific,
courses
based on Internet platforms provide learners with more flexibility as they can
get
access to the lessons from anywhere according to their
own
schedule, as long as
Wifi
connection is available. In fact,
students
nowadays can
make
use
of their time when waiting for a bus or sitting on a bus to access the
course
and acquire knowledge.
Besides
that, it is true that the cost of
online
courses
are much cheaper than the traditional learning models.
Instead
of paying extra money for facilities on campus, which is quite expensive,
students
can pay smaller amount of fee for the
online
courses.
On the other hand
, I hold a firm belief that the disadvantages eclipse the advantages mentioned above.
First of all
, in order to achieve
good
academic results, intensive self-discipline
is required
. Learners seem to be
easily
distracted by surroundings such as surfing Facebook or listening to music, which have
negative
impacts on their concentration and efficiency.
In addition
, the lack of face-to-face interaction and peer support can demotivate
online
students
. If learners do not understand the lessons, it will be difficult for them to ask teachers or friends and then be
explained
as
clearly
as in traditional classrooms.
Consequently
, they
get
confused and have no motivation to finish the
course
as they cannot catch up with the
course
and
make
progress.
In conclusion
,
because
of aforementioned reasons, it seems to me that the merits of
online
classes
are surpassed
by the demerits.