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| COM 125- Introduction to the Internet |
This week, we learnt alot on the Bloom's Taxonomy namely Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor. My entry will talk more on E-learning aspect, which i think is the future learning method, although personally i prefer the traditional learning method. E-learning, is defined as " a type of Technology supported education/learning (TSL) where the medium of instruction is computer technology, particularly involving digital technologies". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_learning Well personally, in my poly days, i have used e-learning before for some modules. At that point of time, i feel the pro of this program is the time saving i can save from travelling to school. But as times goes by, i realized the cons are more as, it is all learning by ourselves, and there wasnt much participation in the discussion board, and it makes me feel that i didnt learn much in those e-learning modules. Now, even in SIM, i have already taken a module online- NTR 109. But this time round, i feel the system is a lot better. The lectuerer would tell us to discuss an article in the discussion board-graded, and personally i think because of US students, it added alot of life to the general discussion board and in the end of the module, i feel i have learnt alot and feel it doesnt make any difference even if i were to take it in class. As i have done a research paper in the aspect of Internet in the area of e-learning, i will share some points that was written in my research paper. Pros - group of practitioners believed that asynchronous conferencing can encourage shy students -psychologist have discovered that certain people who have difficulties communicating in the real world, manage to find their true self in the virtual well and express themselves with their real character -increase in creative response, reflective thinking and awareness of multiple perspectives, by the works student submitted -provided people with disabilities advantage as they could be learning from home that saves them from a lot of trouble Cons -students with limited skills for the usage of computer would take more time to do their work as they would have to explore around to figure out the use of internet and the e-learning webpage as it was noted that some of the e-learning interface was rather “complex and not user-friendly” -at times when datelines are due for assignments, the server of the web may be down which would frustrate the students -inaccessibility of computers for students who are poor and thus the inability to afford one would hinder their learning process as they are unable to learn through e-learning -some students prefer to look and read at what others had contributed with their posting rather than exposing their thoughts publicly Well, as we can see, there are advantages and disadvantages in the use of e-learning, but personally, i feel the future of learning is in e-learning, as a couple of schools have provided diploma/degree purely online. We could well see how successful e-learning would evolve in years to come. ~me~ at 7:24 PM | |
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