My opinion on:
Teaching
Online Classes
There are advantages to
both online courses and regular courses.
I believe that both online courses and regular courses would be good
depending on the needs and abilities of the student. Some students may like taking classes online
because of the flexibility, but some may like to take a regular class because
they need better clarification on the topics presented.
If I were teaching a
course I think that it would be easier to teach it online whether it was
synchronous or not. The advantage of
taking a synchronous course could be that the students that might need more
explanation on subjects sit in the regular classroom when available, so that
might be a little easier.
I think the flexibility
of taking classes helps both the teacher and the student a lot. The student can do their homework early when
it’s convenient for then, and the teacher can grade the homework as it comes in
so they don’t have to do it on their weekends. The teacher can offer almost any course that
they could offer in a regular classroom and the teacher may also offer students
accelerated courses for those students that are ahead.
The disadvantages of
teaching an online course would be the procrastination of the students. When they procrastinate, the teacher has to
grade a lot of the homework or papers all at one time making the teacher have
to hurry to get things graded on time.
For the students, the classes may also be really expensive.
The alternative to
online classes could be blended learning where the students may go to class for
less amount of time and then also do online homework the other time. The online homework would be a follow up to
the material that was taught in the classroom.
This way of teaching would be good for the students and the teachers
because the students would get flexibility and would be able to ask questions
during, before and after class. The
teachers would also find advantage with this type of teaching because they
would have to answer less repetitive questions from the students.
Overall I do believe
that teaching an online course would be easier for both the students and the
teacher because of flexibility and availability of classes.
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Last updated: Wednesday,
April 12, 2006