Friday, November 5, 2010
Live v Distance Learning
For grade on 8 Nov 2010. What are the long-term implications of distance learning for the school? What are the back end costs/benefits to the student?
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A long-term implication for the school for distance learning would be students having lower grades. As stated in the article, students who used online lectures had lower grades than students who attended live lectures. If online classes continue, the school will receive a bad reputation from the student's grades. A back end cost for students is the student will have a lower grade than if they attended to the lectures. In addition, having online lectures does not promote the social skills that are present during a live lecture. However, online lectures allow the students to listen and take notes at a time best suited for them. Either way, there are pros and cons to having online classes.
ReplyDeleteThe long term implication for the school for distance learning would be students having lower grades. However, they only listed the statistics for Hispanic students so I am curious about the datas for the other races. Online classes are great for students who have jobs because they can view the lectures online at a convenient time for them. But that only benefits them if they have a certain amount of self-responsibility to not put it off to tomorrow or the next day and so on. There are also those who are in denial, thinking that if they just play the lecture online while doing something else and that would be alright but the fact remains that they're not absorbing the knowledge that they need.
ReplyDeleteThe long term implications of distance learning for schools are a drop in students' grades which ultimately affects the schools' reputation. One benefit of distance learning is flexibility. Students who are very busy or work full time can choose when to access their online courses versus having a structured class schedule to adhere by. Also, online courses may be more personal for some students because, as stated in the article, some lectures may contain hundreds of students. Furthermore, distance learning allows students to watch recorded lectures multiple times if necessary. Students who sit through a lecture are exposed to material only once. The back end costs of online courses are a drop in grades due to a lack of dedication. Many students are bound to neglect their online lectures in favor of other more exciting activities. As the article stated, many students cram viewing the online lectures right before an exam. Also, distance learning prevents students from knowing their teacher on a personal basis. This may hurt them when they have questions or need recommendation letters.
ReplyDeleteThe long term implications of distance learning are drops in grades, which would then portray the school as bad academically resulting in less students wanting to attend. The back end costs/benefits to the students are that they can still get the lesson if they have something else to attend for the time being, but if it is a long period of being out of school, then it will show in their grades.
ReplyDeleteIt makes sense that the cause of lower grades for online learning is procrastination. The same reason people are more apt to wait until the last week to do a big project and get a lower grade rather than do a little bit at a time over a long period and get a higher grade. Whatever isn't pressing is put on the back burner until the last minute. I think that distance learning can still be utilized however in accompaniment with live learning. Students who miss lectures can then be allowed to get up to speed.
ReplyDeleteDistant learning students can possibly fail a course or get a very low grade. The long term implications for the school would be a decrease in students who apply there because the passing rate is so low. The back end costs will be the student achieving a lower grade then they could have gotten if they attended the real class and also the possibility that they learn less if they skip the online lectures. The benefits would be that the student can have more time on their hands to study for the class because they don't have to physically be in the classroom for the lecture.
ReplyDeleteDistance learning can be benificial for students with busy schedules allowing them to "attend class" on their own time and work at their own pace. On the other hand, distance learning can cause major procrastination in class participation and keeping up on lectures as the pressure to attend a scheduled class time does not exist. Depending on the students motivation, grades could suffer.
ReplyDeleteDistance learning will cause the school to receive an total overall of lower grades, because students will begin to become lazy, procrastinate on their studies and invigorate less effort into their work. On the other hand, responsible students will be able to learn at their own leisure and time.
ReplyDeleteDistance learning is just too easy to forget. Unless you are extremely well disciplined and motivated you can easily just ignore it for a while and then just make up the assignments. Most students are doing less learning of the subject matter and more of the ways to procrastinate and cheat. In schools students still cheat but they do have to attend the classes in the first place.
ReplyDeleteDistance learning will create less of a focus on actual learning, and instead allow students to try to devise ways to cheat the education system. Students will have the opportunity to look up answers online or call a friend for help. Teenagers are prone to proscrastination and by instituting distant learning, more and more students would find themselves off task. They would be browsing Facebook, instead of answering math problems. The one true benefit is that students would find themselves in a more relaxed environment.
ReplyDeleteLong distance learning is obviously accompanied with many back-end costs. The student will end up, in most cases, with a lower grade because lazyness will set in and there is not as much of a responsibility or an urgency to get things done until the night before test day. Students can forget and cheat easily online, whereas cheating is made a bit tougher in an actual class. Unless a student is completely dedicated, there are no benefits. However, if the student is studious, the benefits are flexebility and comfort from being able to work with certain leisure.
ReplyDeleteDistance learning works to a student's advantage by allowing them to choose when they watch the lecture, watch the lecture multiple times, and watch it in the comfort of their own homes. It also works out nicely for students who don't have cars and may struggle to make it to campus otherwise. Unfortunately, with this freedom and comfort comes responsibility, which most students lack. As the article says students often procrastinate and don't take the class too seriously. This irresponsibility results in a significant drop in the student's grade.
ReplyDeleteBecause it is so easy to forget or procrastinate completing online courses, it is easy to see why this would result in lower scores than sitting in the physical classroom. Long-term implications would be a weakening of a student's grasp of concepts and overall education. Although the online classes may reduce school's spending on teachers and classroom space, distance learning would cause an overall drop in student grades and education.
ReplyDeleteSchools that supply distance learning to all students may see an decrease in high grades in Hispanics and/or males but on the same token it is not morally right to discriminate based on race, gender or a single study. And if the schools did limit the eligibility of online learning they would face law suits. On the other hand, students who are old school may have to buy a computer for online learning.
ReplyDeleteThere are many implications to long distance learning. One of the most brought up issues is cheating, many people can get on the internet to look up answers or work with multiple people to accomplish a test. Studies also show that students who do long distance learning tend to score lower then kids who attend live lectures, this is because many kids will procrastinate learning the subject when it can be accessed whenever. The school will also receive a bad reputation when people see the students scoring so low. But for dedicated students this could be a good alternative to live lectures.
ReplyDeleteit is very easy to take advantage of these online courses and they could very easily be forgotten. this serves as a major problem because with live instruction there is a set period of time in which you have to attend classes . this is beneficial in that the material is reinforced and you are much more likely to go to class if it is live. however, many students think that because they can access it at any time that they can hold off on watching the material until the very day before an exam. this leads to worse grades and an overall bad understanding of the pertinent subject.
ReplyDeleteHaving engaged in several online classes myself, I would say from my own experience that while the level of information retention is about the same, the consistency of use is far lower. It is very easy, as the article states, to get behind in an online class because there are no looming deadlines until the end of the semester and the resources are accessible 24/7. Perhaps a more effective method of online education would be to take "attendance" for each lecture, penalizing the student for missing a certain number of lectures by a certain date.
ReplyDeleteThe implications of long distance learning is great for many schools. The biggest problem I see is deffenetley the lack of learning. The priority of schools is not to reduce costs but to teach students and when schools strive for failure, they get exactly that at much more conservative levels. Another implication could be embedded in this question Are students ready to adopt long distance learning? I was a student online for a short time and i could tell you that i felt the void between teacher and student widened quite a bit. To sum up the back end costs would be lower standard of learning and the back end benefit would be reducing cost for schools.
ReplyDeleteWith online classes, you can pretty much go at your own pace. I am thinking that most students can easily get the same out of a live lecture and it's accompanying recorded one, however, it requires much greater discipline. So while the student might save money and time, if he is not self-mastered, he has the chance of earning a lower grade and get a smaller bang for his buck. His lower grade is a proverbial "stupid tax".
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