Some universities now offer their courses on the Internet so that people can study online. Is this a positive or negative development? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Comparing with the traditional learning environment, in which the student should attend the lecture in a classroom, the remote teaching approach by utilizing the Internet is popularized to adapt the modern learning and teaching circumstance and providing courses for an increasing number of
students
around the globe. Seemingly, it is more effective than the learning content could be delivered by the teachers, and meanwhile, it is more flexible for Use synonyms
students
to complete the coursework under their own time management. Use synonyms
However
, there are two opposite insights evidencing the drawbacks of the new learning methods.
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Firstly
, the teaching and learning quality, which have already been questioned by the public so far, highly depends on the software Linking Words
instead
of actual communication. Linking Words
For instance
, it will cause the time to decrease dramatically between the lecturers who need to exchange the knowledge, and the Linking Words
students
who are eager to eliminate the confusion on a typical topic during the learning session. Use synonyms
Hence
, the learning process and outcome will be influenced by the distancing method.
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Secondly
, the self-control mechanism of a student and certain disciplines ought to be the internal and external factors to push the Linking Words
students
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, the deadline could hardly be met when the Linking Words
students
find that they have been learning the difficult knowledge in a comfortable setting at home or other places without pressure. Use synonyms
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, if the self-motivation of Linking Words
students
were not strong enough, they would struggle to keep pace with the curriculums.
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Thirdly
, cheating prevention could be hard to implement during the online assessment after a certain course. Linking Words
For example
, any kind of social media platform or application would give a hand to make the answers more convenient to get. Linking Words
Therefore
, cheat detection would be more complicated than the traditional testing procedure.
In conclusion, those existing problems which have been explained above are the main conflicts to be encountered by the universities and online learning material providers, which are managing to offer a reliable and more authentic lecture-like remote learning environment in the future.Linking Words
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