In this new era, e-learning has become more and more popular. However, we still find some pros and cons of e-learning. Compared to the traditional courses that requires the students and lecturers to meet face-to-face, e-learning may need more discipline and self-motivation.
From the students' perspectives, we find that e-learning is save cost and time. It is not only save the cost of traveling to the campus, but also the time of traveling. This can reduce the family budget. They can also reduce the extra costs of living at a state that is different from the students' home tow
n, and thus able to get higher education. The students can continue working while they take classes, and thus will bring good impact on their studies. They can apply the knowledge that they gain from studies to work, and vice versa. Another advantage is its time flexibility. They can 'attend' lectures at anytime, anywhere that they wish to be, as long as they can access to internet. The students can also get the online resources easily, such as the lecture notes, tutorial questions and additional notes; and communicate with their lecturers. Furthermore, the students are benefiting by learning new technologies and practicing the use of internet and the office software, it may be very important to them when they start working in this corporate world.On the other hand, there are some drawbacks in using e-learning too. Even though the students have saved the traveling expenses and costs of living, however the cost for high-speed internet connection could burden them too. Obviously, students are lacking of face-to-face communication with the lecturers by having lectures through online, therefore there might be lacking of understanding in the courses. Furthermore, the students can become lazy due to non-motivated by having lectures through online, because it could be totally exclude the emotional interactivity. The lecturers would not understand the students' needs and their feelings. In addition, as comparing to the traditional courses' students, they can get guidance from the lecturers easily when they face problems in doing their assignments, but the online students may have to work under unsupervise.
Therefore, I would conclude that, there are many advantages of taking courses through online, but there are many drawbacks too, which may require the students to over come it.
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