Eesay on online teaching vs traditional teaching
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It is undeniable that People who pursue higher education would still prefer traditional education in real classrooms and companies would still favour traditional students over online ones, but if someone is seeking to hone a minor skill then online courses are considered the best place for him/her. But as long as the internet is expanding, online education will continue to grow bringing more solutions and new ideas. Although online students are still not treated equally as normal graduate students but that is believed to change. On the other hand, many cases have been reported about an increasing number of students dropping out, it is not yet a serious problem that would affect online universities anytime soon but it is there and it has to be dealt with.
It is believed that since the beginning of human existence every generation tried to pass its knowledge to the next generation; at first it started orally, and by the time writing was invented they started writing it in books and after that education developed until education systems as we know them started. After that education system had stayed the same since then.
Virtual courses are easier to access. Preparing oneself with a skill has become a necessity and online education presented the best alternative to traditional education for working adults and people living in remote places. Online education is easy to use. While traditional education requires one to have easy access with tolerable distance from the class, lab or any other learning centre at a specific time, online does not require that standard at all because it is not limited to any place or time; it is online, all one would need is device with access to the internet and he/she would have immediate access to the course at any time seven days a week. Even registration for an online course does not require anything other than a scan of one’s high school diploma.
Online education is cheaper. Many people cannot afford tuition fees for universities thus, university cost is one of the most crucial factors upon deciding the universities. Online education offers courses that was once -and still is- expensive in real universities in competitive prices so almost anyone can afford it, and although online education was meant for working adults, a growing number of students are preferring online courses due to low-cost tuition fees. Some argue that traditional education needs to cost higher because of the money spent providing resources and facilities whereas for online education it is all virtual so other than teachers’ payment there is no money spent on textbooks, transportation and facilities. Both traditional and E-learning are equal in scholarships offers as most of them provides numerous seats annually for free and financial aid packages.
Traditional education is wider. While online education covers and discusses topics which are directly related to courses the students registered for, while in traditional education the lecturers frequently covers many points which does not relate directly but considered important or common-knowledge materials. Traditional universities offer a wider range of courses than online ones; many courses cannot be taught online due to lack of labs and operational work and take for example medicine study, even if someone studied all the books he still needs to practice in labs before operating on real human, and that cannot be offered in virtual universities. On the other hand, online education excels in many other courses especially computer-related ones like Computer Science, Information and Technology Systems and Computer Engineer.
Online tests relief students from stress. Traditional education exams are normally held in a quiet classroom and an observer where many students get stressed out and that reason usually affect students’ grades. While some online courses also require on-campus exams, but that is not the majority especially if the students are outside the country; most online courses request open-books exams which provides more realistic indication of the students’ understanding of the course. Also, online education exams materials are always covered in the given texts, audio and videos while in traditional methods there is hardly specific materials students have to cover, they rely on notes and points covered in lectures.