In summary, through reading some of the popular and scholarly sources about my topic, I learnt that one of the topics that is rather debatable is whether schools should abandon conventional method of teaching and shift the learning platform onto the Internet. In other words, the question is: should e-learning replace traditional face-to-face teaching?
This question can be examined in many ways. For example, their effectiveness on students' academic progresses can be compared through experiments. Another way to find the answer for the question is to survey students, who are affected the most, and collect first hand opinions from them. Views of teachers on the issue of e-learning can also be considered. By summarizing and comparing the above as a whole, we can come up with a conclusion on whether e-learning should replace conventional teaching.
Some scientific studies found that e-learning is not very much superior than conventional teaching. Instead, they are both good at a relatively same level. Thus, an integration of the two should be implemented. On the other hand, some studies showed a significant superiority of e-learning over face-to-face lecture.
Tentative thesis and introduction:
The name of 'college student' always gives people an impression of a youngster with a backpack and bulky textbooks in the hands, hastily jotting down notes during lectures. However, in recent decades, hand-written lecture notes can hardly be found in every student's folder. Instead, one can probably find printed class notes, printed lecture slides and lap-tops. With the widespread of Internet access, the mode of learning of college students also changes. Rather than face-to-face lectures, many of them take web-delievered courses for units. Rather than sit-in tests, they take online mid-term exams. Rather than taking their own notes in class, they simply download the typed version from the e-class platform. All the above demostrate the implementation of e-learning, which means computer-assisted learning. A great number of courses offered by dissimilar departments in college have an online learning platform. Such significant change in learning mode arouses various opinions among students and educators. The main question in mind is whether e-learning should or should not replace traditional face-to-face teaching.
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Hi, Corrine:
ReplyDeleteYour topic is one of the most popular one, I guess. Since the e-learning is currently being taken into practice in our college life, I am interested in the ways of e-learning in American universities( I guess UA does not have the complete system/equipment, compare to the top 50), and do you have a survey that can prove the effect of e-learning, such as, how studnets themselves think about e-learning? How efficiently the professors think about e-learning? Is there a database or news paper give us the real effect of e-learning, compare to face-to-face learning? I am sure students and professors hold different perspectives upon this point. I can find out that you will analyze the advantages and disadvantages of both e-learning and face o face learning. And I hope I can learn more about e-learning(especially the ones we have not used in UA), according to your analysis of the resources you found.
Good luck to your paper~
Dian:)
Hello Corrine.
ReplyDeleteWow you have a very interesting topic. When I read or listen about e-learning always come to my mind the idea of U.S accreditation. Schools in the U.S need a national accreditation to be count as "real schools", even online universities need this kind of accreditation. In relation with your topic,I am wonder what are the criteria that identify online schools as accreditated institutions, and how these criteria are different or similar to those applied to the regular schools.