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Research Assignment 2 - Literature Review
Research Assignment 2 - Literature Review
Topic Selected:
What does the research say about advantages and disadvantages of distance education?
programs of education all over the world.. This phenomenon called online/distance
education. In this review, the focus is on the examination of benefits and disadvantages of
Fish and Gill (2009) discusses advantages and disadvantages of online instruction
flexibility accessibility and cost are the main benefits of online instruction. The authors
free-24/7, lower cost and additional university income, bringing disparate students from
anywhere, latest IT, forcing interaction, taking breaks as benefits of online learning. On
the other hand, according to him, lack of face to face interaction, complex concepts,
feedback issues, interruption and computer fail are the most important drawbacks of
distance education.
technology and even become better writers. The author stresses that lack of one-on-one
meetings, lack of motivation and self-discipline and having difficulty of access to the
participation, hybrid courses are the basic advantages of distance learning. Fedynich
(2013) takes computer illiteracy, lack of instructor face time, lack of access to the
internet as disadvantages of distance education. The author also emphasizes that design
knowledge era/age.
doubt that it is very useful and effective concept in education. Namely, according to these
five studies, flexibility, convenience, cost effectiveness are the main benefits of online
learning. I think we can eliminate its handicaps. For example, lack of motivation or self-
discipline can be handled by organizing useful seminars before taking on line course. We
can educate those who will take online courses before the program starts. Another issue is
So far we have participated 3or 4 different on line conference. So this means that you can
see your instructor and you can talk to him or her as he or she is in front of you.
are very important. "There is no one-size-fits all approach to the design of eLearning,
because each course is unique..." (Steen, 2008). So, in the future, I will focus on this issue
in order to be able to increase the effectiveness and rate of participation of the students to
online learning.
Hybrid courses are also interesting to me. “As the name implies, there are a blend
three” (Steen, 2008). This is also an alternative to motivate students to join online
programs.
NAU is the best example of this I have seen so far. I am 43 years old. Thanks to
online course program of NAU, I will be able to complete a master degree program at
this age. I am very busy but this online program will make life easier for me and my
future. In the future, as a school or an educational leader, I can initiate an online program
for my school. Discussion forums are very interesting to me. I am very eager to start a
medium in my school now. In terms of budget, applying online courses is also very
useful for a school. The following quote explains the importance of education over the
internet very well. “The next big killer application for the Internet is going to be education.
Education over the Internet is going to be so big it is going to make e-mail usage look like a
3. REFERENCES:
Cite at least 5 References in APA.
You may use http://www.citationmachine.net/apa/cite-a-journal for citing
your sources in APA style.
References:
Al-Asfour, A. (2012). Online teaching: Navigating its advantages, disadvantages and best
Challoo, L., Saldana, J., Davis, R., & Kupczynski, Lori. (2010). Successful internet based
Fedynich, L. V. (2013). Teaching beyond the classroom walls: The pros and cons of
Fish, W.,& Gill, P. B., (2009). Perceptions of online instruction. Turkish Online Journal
Friedman, T. L. (1999). Next, it's E-ducation. New York Times (Op-Ed). Retrieved from
http://www.nytimes.com/library/opinion/friedman/111799frie.html