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T (Topic) Online learning vs Traditional face-to-face learning
A (Author) Peter C. Herman
A (Audience) People interested in education
P (Purpose) To explain the downsides of online learning compared to traditional face-to-face learning
O (Organization) Argumentative essay with the opposing ideas before reasons and evidence ARGUMENT GRAPHIC ORGANIZER (GO)
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Citation: Herman, P.C. (2020).
Online learning is not the future
. Inside Higher Ed.
https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/views/2020/06/10/online-
learning-not-future-higher-education-opinion
Links to an external site.
Issue/Problem: Will online learning become the learning of the future?
Author’s position (or central idea) Online learning will never be able to replace traditional face-to-face learning.
Reasons (or main points)
Key evidence (or supporting
details)
Comments Traditional face-to-face learning has a structured schedule and location designed for learning free of distractions.
Online classes are available anytime without scheduled meeting times and the students
are required to find their own learning environment with some
unable to be free of distractions
or interruptions. Some students are unable to go to schools that have structured time frames.
Traditional face-to-face learning has instant communication between the students with each other as well as the Online students watch prerecorded videos that do not give them the opportunity to ask questions or discuss with other classmates. Watching videos at my own pace allows me to pause the video and search online for additional
professor.
information if I have a question.
Traditional face-to-face learning allows students to learn from each other and make connections
Online classes were better when they utilized video connections like Zoom to allow for the students to see and hear
the other students
Some students have social anxieties that make communication difficult
Opposing position (if present) To close traditional schools and move to online learning.
Opposing Reasons
Support/evidence
Rebuttal
Comments Online learning is not limited to the educational options close to you.
Tal Frankfurt from Forbes magazine said that with the schools closed due to emergency and replaced with online learning that it should continue that
way.
During his conclusion Herman states that online learning is for people that couldn’t attend
higher education by other means.
I think that the way he selected
the quotes used
is very vague. “Virtual learning is better because it enables “students to reach greater heights and not be limited by a predetermined set of circumstances”
” Online learning is still able to earn the college or university income during times of
traditional school closure. Hans Taparia said that online learning could be what saves higher education from financial ruination after the pandemic
This was not addressed
Online degrees cost almost the same as traditional in school degrees do earning the university a lot of money
Online learning does not need a brick-and-
mortar building. Governor Andrew Cuomo with Bill Gates suggested a new method of education in the This was not addressed The future is technology. Virtual reality could be a future without
future based around computers and virtual spaces instead of physical buildings. the need for school buildings
without the drawbacks of online learning.
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