Name: Albert G.

Rica Course: BS CRIMINOLOGY 1-A

Subject: English 101 ( 3:00 - 4:30 ) EDP Code: 04613

Purposive Communication

The Power Of Face To Face Education

Face to face learning better than online learning

The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action- Herbert Spencer

Education is a very important part of our life and no one can deny importance of education in
this era. No matter what happens people should continue to learn. Now the question arise Face to
face education or online education? His topic has been debated for many years. People are
confuse when they have to choose mode of education but I think that face to face education is
best type of education because effectiveness of online education is still unclear and people do not
prefer online education. There are majority of things that can only be learned by face to face
education because only face to face education can make practical sense. In face to face education
the only medium present is the communication between sender and the receiver. For thousands
of years face to face education was the mode of education until online education was introduced.

It is true that now a day online education is commonly offered in the educational programs but
technology does not always facilitate the right type or the good quality of information that is
being exchanged or share. This means that learning potential can be limited. Face to face
education is the best type of education. In group learning it is not easy for the students to ignore
instructor and even if they are not listening to the instructor they can learn something from that
group. Interaction is the main element that is present in the face to face education and socialism
is also increased. While learning in groups students gain confidence to present their ideas openly
at that time. Answers to the questions of the students are also gained at the time of group
discussion.

There was an empirical study that was carried out in 1999. In this study face to face education
was compared with online education. The name of study was "Comparative Analysis of Online
vs. Face-to-Face Instruction" this study was presented during a conference on WWW and
internet. This case study showed that there was a big difference between online learning and face
to face learning. According to the authors Scott D. Johnson, Steven R. Aragon, Najumuddin
Shaik and Nilda Palma-Rivas, "and it was proved that face to face learning is very effective and
through face to face learning students can learn more quickly and they never forget what they
learn from face to face education.

As life of people have become very busy but we cannot ignore education from our lives because
education is very important to survive in this era of technology. Making mistakes and then
learning from your mistakes is the way of learning. Without making mistakes and asking
questions one cannot learn. Learning online only gives you an email id of the instructor but this
email id excess cannot replace the real time conversation when you are learning in the group.
Face to face education allows students to clear up all the misunderstandings that student has
about a topic at the run time. In face to face education practices are performed which allows
students to learn more quickly and allows instant feedback of the progress. Face to face
education allows collaborative learning. Collaboration and face to face learning not only speeds
up the process of learning and achieving our goals, but the actual process of compromising and
debating issues in a group environment is invaluable training for a real-life career situation. The
best type of education is online learning.

On the other hand online education decreases the opportunities for social and academic
interaction and integration. Online education does not provide sufficient students support. In face
to face education students have classmates and school friends and teachers which assist them and
help them with their learning. For teachers online education can be more difficult and more time
consuming. It is also very relationally unrewarding and impersonal but when a teacher is in his
class face to face education is more interacting and teacher himself enjoy in that environment. In
learning process nonverbal modes of communication, relationship building and interaction may
seem very small things but these things are very effective. There are many researches that tell us
that degree of online education is not as much valuable as of face to face education. Studies show
employers overwhelming prefer candidates with traditional degrees over online degrees. If this is
the case, students who earn their degrees online are at a disadvantage when seeking employment.

At the end I would like to say that there are pros and cons in booth types of education but face to
face education is more reliable and superior mode of education. In face to face education
students take social advantages of social interaction among other people which are from different
background and have different culture. The best type of education with good quality is face to
face education and learning in groups. This is the traditional type of education that has a practical
sense. Other types of educations cannot match the quality of online education. There are so many
advantages of face to face education that are discussed and these advantages cannot be denied.no
matter how fast this era is people have to spend their time in getting educations in groups. Online
education and the degrees of online educations have no value.