Sunday, August 2, 2020
How Much Are We Going to Lose Through Online Schooling?
While reading, “Can computers ever replace the classroom?” Author Alex Beard describes AI education and all the benefits it could have, especially during this world-wide pandemic. One of those benefits being that AI education could teach more material to students than teachers could. However, I wondered how the overall experience would be like. I feel that online schooling would make it difficult to learn because teachers are not within our reach as they used to, and simple things such as asking questions would become more complicated. Having a teacher to student environment is an important factor in successful learning, as well as having classmates because students can learn from their peers. Even so, there are also homeschooled students who do not have this environment and are still successful through their virtual schooling experience. Postman prompts the question "What is lost in translation? The answer might even be: everything that is significant about education.” (postman, 118). Virtual learning changes the normal classroom environment we are used to and creates a detached virtual environment that only includes the student and their electronic device. This is why many students are not looking forward to online schooling. How much do you think students will be losing from having a virtual experience? What makes students feel the need for a classroom environment? And do you think online learning could ever be compared to a classroom? Perhaps virtual learning is something important to have at times such as now where it is better that we do not attend school; however, a teacher to student environment does help many students personally learn better than trying to learn from a screen.
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To answer your question, "Do you think online learning could ever be compared to a classroom?", I believe it will not. A classroom gives a more genuine learning vibe which cannot be provided by online learning. Online learning removes the person to person interaction as well as having school at home joins two locations which should always be separated. Also online learning is very hard to monitor which makes it super easy to be distracted.
ReplyDeleteOnline learning could never be compared to a classroom environment because there are just things that are limited by online learning. Face to face interaction and having social interaction is always more effective than online.Students may lose a little bit from virtual learning, but it can vary from person to person
ReplyDeleteI believe that students would be losing quite a lot from having classes online as opposed to in a classroom. Students feel the need for a classroom environment because when they are in the comfort of their own home, they are easily distracted. There would be lots of distractions at home such as their phones and the internet. They can easily open another tab, and lose focus on their assignment for the class. This isn't as big as a problem at school. Typically, if students were to use their phones in class, they 'd be taken away because it's a distraction from learning. One could never compare online learning to a classroom. Teachers usually only offer assignments to the students for online learning, and students are expected to complete them. To students, these assignments are simply work that needs to be done so that they never really learn the material. In a classroom environment, students are forced to pay attention to the lesson and actually do the work. Online learning eliminates the one on one interaction and I feel that to be more successful, students need this.
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