Thinking back on last week's online class, one over-arching question remained in my mind: Does it actually work? It is somewhat ironic that we decided to hold class online that day, because i had just turned in my Crossfire essay which conveniently was on online education. Through most of my research, most sources claimed that online class discussions worked well and fostered good conversations. Yet when i look back on my experience in an online class discussion, all i can think is 'what the hell is wrong with all these people, what do they see in these discussions???' For me, the whole experienced either seemed too frantic and unorganized (the unregulated discussion), or extremely slow and an ineffiecient use of time (regulated discussion). The only thing that i liked about the online discussion is that i could do other things online or watch TV.
Comming back to my original question, "does it really work?", I still have a hard time deciding. All of the research I did told me that it does indeed work, yet when i enter an online class discussion myself i find it extremely annoying and ineffeicient. I guess, just like in the Crossfire essay, I am going to have to call this issue a draw... i really can't decide.
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