Opinion Paragraph

Is Online Learning as Good as Face-to-Face Learning?

In my opinion, online learning has much more restrictions of learning compared to face-to-face learning. As technology develops, many people these days have become to access the Internet very easily, and the Internet has become significant part of our lives. Thanks to the growth of the Internet, a new learning medium which is online learning came out. Although online learning is one of the innovative learning ways, I believe face-to-face learning is much better than online learning for several reasons.

First of all, when you study on online by yourself, there must be something you could not understand and must be some problems you could not solve yourself. However, for example, when I wonder something and want to know why it comes like that, I cannot ask a professor or friends and get the answer immediately. It is the biggest shortcoming of online learning that I think.

Secondly, since there are many other elements and environment that can tempt not to study, it may lower one's concentration. As you know, online learning is a method of learning used by computer. Therefore, you should look at the monitor screen for long time to listen to the online lecture. I believe that there may be some people who like to study through online learning and concentrate well, but it is quite a hard work for most of the people sitting and looking at their monitors for a long time because it makes their eyes get tired soon. Furthermore, as people usually listen to the online lectures by themselves at home, it is easy to be disrupted by surrounding environments such as TV, smart phone, their siblings, and so on. These kinds of distractions make people’s work retardative and not efficient.

Finally, face-to-face learning is good because you can take the class enthusiastically compared to doing by yourself through online learning. As you take a face-to-face class, you would be able to listen to the lecture more carefully and concentrate well by communicating with a professor and other students in the class. Moreover, during the lecture, if you have some questions, you can ask the professor on the spot and can get the answer instantly. In other words, in face-to-face classes, students have their classmates and professors who can always support and help them with the various learning needs. I think this allows them to succeed in their education.

Conclusively, all of the reasons above demonstrate that face-to-face learning is better than online learning.

Reference:

1. Bejerano, A. (2008, June 1). Face-to-Face or Online Instruction? Face-to-Face is Better. Retrieved December 9, 2015, from https://www.natcom.org/CommCurrentsArticle.aspx?id=884

2. Learning Environments and Teaching Strategies. (2012, November 26). Retrieved December 9, 2015, from http://stemteacher.net/welcome/?p=127

Blog Post #5

Production and Ownership of Knowledge

In this semester, I have learned how to write a space-order paragraph using lots of descriptive details, a listing-order paragraph using reasons and examples to prove my point, and an opinion paragraph. Through writing various kinds of paragraphs, I have acquired understanding of knowledge production and knowledge ownership. To be specific, I have got to know how to write a paragraph more informatively and interestingly to convey my opinion and feelings to others. Professor Gary, who has been an English Writing Professor for about 9 years in Sejong University, always told us, "Paragraph should be clear, specific, detailed, and concise." To write clearly, I did not make grammatical errors as possible. To write specifically, I wrote on the basis of my own experience. To write detailedly, I used many descriptive words, and I put some related images of the topic because readers may have no knowledge about my topic. To write a perfect writing, I always tried to fulfill those four requirements: clear, specific, detailed, and concise. Finally, ownership of knowledge is one of the important elements in writing. There are innumerable information in the Internet, and we can get those information with comparative ease. I realized that it makes more reliable when I use citations of famous researchers or celebrities because readers know who they are. Consequently, I believe showing knowledge ownership is very significant to give readers credibility.