What Are The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Classes Without Walls?

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In the article “ Classes Without Walls ” it talks about how distance learning and how it could be an advantage or disadvantage to college students. Distance learning is a form of education which is mostly online or using technology to learn from a class. The assignments to write papers, post replies to talk about a topic and do a test and quizzes online. Most of the time class work are alone activity to make it easier. Online classes are built for the students to work at their own pace. There are much negative and a positive reason this class could benefit you or couldn 't. Some positive reason that this class could benefit some people because they have children or have busy work hour and will like to further their education. Another …show more content…

I am the worst multi-tasker because I get overwhelmed if there is more than I can handle and can not do more than one thing at a time. It would be nice to try out a distance learning class, but I know that staying on one task with a bunch of distraction will affect me. There are a bunch of different website and social media sites that people tend to go on instead of doing homework.Another reason the distance learning classes would be bad for people is because some people don 't study and if they don 't know an answer for a home test they could possibly look up the answers to get a better score, this could lead to them not actually knowing how to do anything in that class ,but how to look up the answers. I also think that online school is not a good for of learning because it is easier to work around other than rather than at home. Working with other can help you get a better intake on how they figure things out, to find a simple way of doing problems and also get help if needed. I enjoy interacting with classmates and meeting new people. I also enjoy going up to teacher just incase I have any problem with homework or understanding any new material. Learning directly face to face seems …show more content…

There are many negative and positves intakes about theses classes. Some of the positive reason that these class could benefit people are because some people have children or have busy work hour and will like to further their education. Another reason that distance learning is a good choice for people is because it works with flexible time periods and can work on your own pace. A negative reason for going to distance learning could be that one could feel as if they are isolated and not really communicating with much with your teachers and peers unless needed to.I belive that it all depends on how people take it because if they find a good one that will take credits torward their gpa they should go for

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