As most of you know, the coronavirus has caused most of the schools in the US (my knowledge of other countries is kinda eh right now, please inform me if you have online school outside of the US) to shift into an at-home setting. Since I was discussing it with some NatDex people, as well as some irl friends, I thought I would make a thread here to discuss thoughts, experiences, trials, and such for online learners. As someone who has used many online courses for things in and out of school, I was actually super hyped for this. Come the first week of school, and that hype.....jumped off several cliffs. Alot of the freedom given by the online learning I know (Khan Academy and CrashCourse, for example) feels taken away for the arbitrary reason of “trying to make online classes replicate face-to-face learning.” It feels very restrictive to not be able to eat or move around without being noticed and promptly scolded for it. On the bright side, online connection has honestly been great—I personally have not had huge connection problems, but that may be a result of me having good internet. Another thing I like about online school is that resources (homework, lesson plans, notes, etc) are now easily accessible through online systems, which is honestly a godsend for anyone.
Those are my thoughts about online learning, but what are yours? Do you like it? Do you hate it? Is there something you would want to change? If given the choice, would you rather do face-to-face or stay at home? I would love to see your guy’s thoughts on the matter, because while I do sound negative in the above paragraph, I really think this has the potential to be the full future of education.
Those are my thoughts about online learning, but what are yours? Do you like it? Do you hate it? Is there something you would want to change? If given the choice, would you rather do face-to-face or stay at home? I would love to see your guy’s thoughts on the matter, because while I do sound negative in the above paragraph, I really think this has the potential to be the full future of education.