What are some advantages of having video lectures online and online communication rather than the traditional?
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You can:\n1. Learn at your desired pace - slow or fast\n2. Get information about the subject that is updated more frequently\n3. Participate in discussions and interation with participants belonging to wider range of area, culture and age group.\n\nAlso,\n\n4. Interactive/streaming video tutorials may be played back saveral times and their retention is far greater.\n5. You have sufficient time and opportunity to look for other related material on the Internet and elsewhere.\n6. Variety of course combinations may be made.\n7. You (may) become more disciplined and organized.
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I would not be so sure. You have obviously made a good case for the pros of the set up. But I believe that students at an impressionable age lack the determination to sit through an internet session and learn something from it.\nThe very way teaching is conducted, empahsizes on serious taxation of the brain and I can much imagine the current crop of students, already suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder to not make much sense of such a course.\n\nMaking them sit through the course in a class may just work better
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elearning:  web-based course that can be accessed anytime, no interaction or live instructor is used.\n\ndistance learning:  could be webcast class or class where you are required to post to discussion lists, a live instructor is involved in some aspect (whether running the course live or by grading the input from the students)
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There's always a "hidden curricula" that accompanies the lessons. In this case, the children are learning valuable computing and processing skills that will serve them when they go on to create larger and more demanding school projects in the later years. These skills can also be easily applied in the workplace.\n\nOn a more superficial level, the multimedia lessons are simply more interesting, efficient and colorful and can sustain a longer period of attracting the children's' attention. As the times change, so must the way teachers teach and children learn.
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The best one I know is Athabasca University in Alberta, Canada.  It has been around for a very long time and specialized in distance learning more than 30 years ago.  It is very well recognized.
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Without a doubt there is nothing like true classroom instruction.  If that is not possible then online is a decent second choice.
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For starters, human's by nature are visual learners. This can be explained further by looking into Evolutionary Theory. Although, most of our teaching is completed using lecture, auditory input, most learners are visual learners first and auditory learners second. The audio visual classroom aids give visual learners the stimlus that helps them retain the information. Adding to that the auditory aspect, they can then connect the two forms of communication to allow for the best possible learning outcome. AV aids have greatly enhanced learning for visual learners, who struggled with "getting it" through the traditional auditory instruction/approach.
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internet cources are going to be cheaper but there will be many distractions. you have tv, chating, food, and no limitations that force you to listen or read. if you can be self diciplined then internet cources are a cinch. im takeing my entire assoiates degree on the net so i can work and get experence too. You might want to get either cable or Dsl because with dialup the connection will be slow and crashing all the time.
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I believe that your best bet is those that offer Distance Education through the actual university that actually exists, has a building, and has actual students attending it. They look less legit than attending the university physically, but more than those schools that advertise on TV that offer you a free computer. If a school is advertsing on TV you might want to look elsewhere.
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I'm taking classes online for a second degree. My first one was at a traditional on-campus school. I find the online method easier for me since I live in a rural area and I work full time - the flexibility is wonderful. There are disadvantages though - you have to be very motivated, it is easy to slack off, there isn't the face-to-face that you get in an on-campus setting, which can lead to misunderstandings if you misread a message. A lot also depends on what you want to major in. There are a lot of fields where an on-campus education would be better and others where either will work. Really do your research ahead of time.
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I think the prof is trying to keep you from monopolizing class time.  Did it ever occur to you that the other students in the class aren't interested in watching videos and reading articles that you select?  If you really want to promote your ideas, write a big note on the chalk board saying that you'd like to organize a class discussion group where people can discuss the issues further.  Then, if the discussion group is interested, they can watch the videos and read the articles that you think are important (and you have to reciprocate).  Your prof might even decide to come along.  However, I'm sure your prof and the other students would prefer to use class time to address the issues that will appear on the final exam and that the course was designed to teach.
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Online classes can work for people who are very motivated, who don't need much direction from a professor, and who don't mind not having the interaction with others in a classroom.\n\nI teach some distance ed classes, and many students like it. The students who do tend to be students who are working and going to school at the same time, are older and have been out of school, and have specific vocational goals for the classes. Students in our traditional age program have not liked it as well, miss the interaction and social experience that is a growth experience in the traditional college age group.\n\nIf you are taking classes on line try to take them at the best institution that you can. Try to take it at an established university or college that doesn't just do online classes (those that have a traditional campus as well as distance education) and make sure the college is regionally accredited (not just accredited by the Home Study or Distance Education Association, accreditation by whom does not give assurance that the college is considered the same as other colleges.\n\nWhen you are looking at an online program, ask the college what their graduation rate is and what their students do after they are graduated.\n\nSo, the answer is more complex than yes or no. It depends on what you are looking for, what the type of school is, and what you are more comfortable with.\n\nGood luck!
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I can't understand how A students would fair online classes.  If anything, they are far easier than traditional classes.
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One benefit is that you can get a lot of questions answered (such as this one :)\n\nAnother benefit is that you can communicate, do various transactions, apply for services, etc. very easily, from the comfort of your home, at any time, regardless of where the other party is located, provided that both parties use the internet.\n\nAnd third, you can learn a lot of new things, read news, articles on various topics, etc., and it's all interactive, very unlike TV for example where you have a fixed set of channels and can't send anything back.
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You can talk about slingbox (product that allows people to record videos at home and then sent it to your laptop anyway in the world).\n\nPerhaps you can find a way to relate this technology to telecommunications by recording home video and sending video emails to someone's laptop.  Now there is a million dollar idea!
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I had this discussion at the beginning of my online class. As an adult learner, it works for me, but for your average child, it would be difficult. I would prefer working with students in the classroom. As you have collegiate experience, online may be fine for you. As an adolescent, I would stick with face to face.
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Online tutoring requires that you use VoIP (voice over the internet) to make calls and web-conferencing for displaying your material online.\nCheck the following guide for online tutors, voip and web-conf software review.\n\nBest of luck!