1 Online learning vs traditional education which is better? 2 outline I. the greater availability of teaching material and teacher accessibility. A. The ability to access any kind of material any time anywhere. B. Easily reaching tutors through online discussion boards and through social media platforms. II. Ability to manage learning time. A. Learning at your own pace, and whenever you feel like it. B. Managing work and other responsibilities while studying. III. The fast completion of courses thus getting a degree in a short time. A. Completing courses in shorter time thus getting your degree faster. IV. Rebuttal A. The issue of accreditation on some online course programs. B. Lack of social interaction and its consequences on learning. 3 According to the Global Market Insights, the online education market is projected to surpass $350 billion by 2025, marking a staggering annual growth rate of over 10%. The digitalization of our community has resulted today in a clash between online learning and traditional education. And so, we’ll discuss the advantages of online learning from the greater availability of materials and teacher accessibility, the superior ability to manage learning time to finally graduating faster. We will also discuss the issue of missing accreditation on online programs and the lack of social interaction. The first advantage is the greater availability of teaching material and teacher accessibility. When speaking of teaching material, it is not wise to narrow them to books and articles only. Teaching material ranges from e-books and articles to videos and graphs to software and tools and so on. One example of the teaching material available on online platforms used in the online learning process is the videos that the teachers post on pages they create and on their social networks. Through these videos, teachers share their knowledge of a subject or a course with other students and teachers (Vitalii I. Ostroukh ,Viktoriia B. Lepetiuk, 2022). And according to (Vitalii I. Ostroukh ,Viktoriia B. Lepetiuk, 2022) these social networks provide “a high level of socialization which facilitates e-learning.” we can also consider the software and programs used to test the students' knowledge via quizzes or through flashcards (Vitalii I. Ostroukh ,Viktoriia B. Lepetiuk, 2022). These software help students by tracking their understanding of a subject. They can also serve as practice for graded tests and exams. According to (Vitalii I. Ostroukh ,Viktoriia B. Lepetiuk, 2022)the Israeli project teacher tube, which is like YouTube, provides teaching material via video services. That benefits students who may need some extra help with their courses at school or university. Furthermore, according to (Vitalii I. Ostroukh ,Viktoriia B. Lepetiuk, 2022) ,the latest technologies used in the study of geography are e-textbooks, e-books, and interactive maps allowing the students to zoom in and out to find more info about a region or country, solving the problem of paper maps that could only hold information about one thing at a time. For example, one map representing ocean and sea names, another for country names, another holding biographic information like mass population… This concept also applies to other subjects like physics and mathematics. For example, you can find a video on YouTube that can explain a certain complicated idea that forms a whole chapter using visuals and video animations. For instance, you could find a video explaining the motion of a pendulum or the doppler effect. According to (Nitza Davidovitch, Eyal Eckhaus, 2022)Israel ministry of education “allows students to study in virtual classrooms, to prepare for matriculation exams. In these virtual classrooms, students study together with the best teachers enjoying simulations and interactive study plans, and practice exercises.”. Moreover, online learning presents a better teacher accessibility. This can be realized via discussion boards. Where student and teachers can have a rich discussion because in discussion boards there is enough time for everyone to think about what they need to ask before writing and submitting the question to the teacher. Additionally, according to (Nitza Davidovitch, Eyal Eckhaus, 2022), the analysis proves that online learning has a great deal of advantages especially when it comes to material availability (lesson recordings N = 289). Finaly, (Narjisse Damoun, Youssra Amekran, Nora Taiek, 2023) “through the analysis of the research, 6,7% of the students thought that online learning allows best interaction with various 4 national and international instructors, and 32% and 20% were satisfied and very satisfied respectively.”. The second advantage is the ability to manage learning time. According to (Vitalii I. Ostroukh ,Viktoriia B. Lepetiuk, 2022) “online learning environments are being created in our modern society, thanks to which educational mobility is strengthened”. Also there exist websites that provide students with tasks to solve. For example, Quizlet provides flash cards to go through, after which a little quiz is provided to test your understanding of certain sets of vocabulary or some grammar rules. this helps accelerate the learning process by having a short but fruitful study time. Another example that might accelerate the learning process for e-learning students is the BYOD approach used in the USA in which the students are allowed to use their own gadgets for education (Vitalii I. Ostroukh ,Viktoriia B. Lepetiuk, 2022). This provides a huge flexibility in terms of the place and time used to study. According to (Narjisse Damoun, Youssra Amekran, Nora Taiek, 2023), 32% of the students voted for the flexibility of home studying. And according to (Nitza Davidovitch, Eyal Eckhaus, 2022) “all the virtual lessons and exercises are recorded and are accessible to students”. This concept will benefit the students that have other responsibilities like “like students who already started their families and need some scheduling flexibility (JWU, 2021). So how does online learning achieve this flexibility? According to (Kristina Bojic , Ivana Brdar , Marija Nesic) time saved on commuting can be used in extracurricular activities to develop more in a certain field of study. This time can also be used in physical activities, which has been scientifically proven to be a great way to relief stress, leading to more levelheaded decisions in the learning process, which might save you a lot of time through time management skills. Another way to save time while learning online, is using your online provided websites and ai platforms to help you with time costing activities. For instance, using Microsoft word to help in paraphrasing or summarizing a huge article from which you need to take an idea or two. Additionally, “students who have work responsibilities and get home too tired to do anything can wait until they’re mentally available then access the study material provided by their institution anytime, they feel up to it” (Nitza Davidovitch, Eyal Eckhaus, 2022). Last advantage is online learning can help you graduate faster. The students might have Two choices while studying online. they might pursue education entirely on their own, where they’re provided with only the teaching material, on the other hand, they might choose to take courses where they must attend online meetings with instructors. While both choices will help them finish up the required credits quicker, one has the potential to help them graduate within well under four years. According to the article (JWU, 2021), a scholar can finish a semester within 11 weeks instead of 15 weeks by inducing more study hours each day. After computing the difference between online and traditional learning, we noticed that online programs have a 24_week lead on traditional learning. This lead is approximately equal to two semesters oncampus learning. Additionally, if the student jumps from one semester to the next one immediately without taking long breaks between semesters, the process will be a little more sped up. It’s possible to accelerate the graduation process even further, but that only works for students who follow a completely independent learning program, meaning that students are provided only with the required study material. According to (JWU, 2021), "Sometimes it is possible to take an online class more quickly than the same class in a traditional classroom. This 5 requires excellent time management skills because you will still need to spend the same number of hours studying as you would if you were in the classroom. The difference may be in fitting more study hours into each day. This only works if you do not have lectures to watch that are released on a particular calendar schedule.". Lastly, scholars may also use accelerated degree programs that are meant to cover learning material quickly. All the above are cases where the students are admitted in a university. Even though students are not registered at university, they still can earn a certified degree in a really short time. While using trusted online learning web sites like “my SolidWorks” and “Coursera”, you can pay for a full year of learning experience allowing you to choose any skill to master for example coding or 3d modeling for only a 300 dollars subscription fee per year. 6 Description of the image and the meaning behind each part: this image is drawn from the point of view of a student sitting at his desk, where we can notice the globe containing a blue hologram of a teacher holding a book representing the greater reachability of teachers in online learning. Attached to this glob we can see multiple objects floating around, these objects represent study means or materials that the students can use. ranging from technological tools like phones, laptops, iPad. To study material found on the web like videos, eBooks, articles… these represent the greater availability of study material in online learning. We can also notice the traditional learning material in the background representing that these methods are left in the dust compared to online learning. Technical analysis: Angle of shot: This image is shot or drawn from a high angle to clearly show every part of it. placement: the main object of this image (the online learning related objects) is all in the center of the image, grabbing the attention of the viewers. We can also see the old traditional learning material in the background of the image not giving it the same importance as the part in the middle. Colors: the color used in the center is the blue color representing trust and technology. In the background and around the center we notice the colors red, orange, yellow, light brown. all are warm colors representing the comfort. Frame: There is no frame for this picture that might mean that online learning might be performed in other possible places. Caption: there is no caption or title accompanying this image meaning this image is understood clearly without relying on explanations. When you think of online learning some disadvantages may come to your mind, one of which the issue of accreditation on some online courses. Many students worry about if what they’re taking as material online is useful or required information that is covered in colleges or 7 schools following the same educational curriculum. For students to have the best online learning experience while being accredited, they should research universities that present online courses to make sure they follow certified learning programs that are accredited by an accreditation agency like NECHE. They might also study independently on previously mentioned certified websites like Coursera that is known to teach skills that are directly used in the field of work. if I were to consider the subject of 3d modeling, Coursera and similar web sites have programs that teach you only how to 3d model with various software like AutoCAD, solidworks, blender…Meaning you do not waste time on other random skills that you will not need in the field of work. Although it’s hard to find someone who would give you the job for your skills but not for your degree, Elon musk for example does not require his workers to have a degree, rather skills are what is needed. Another disadvantage that online learning may present is the obvious lack of social interaction between students and teachers and between students and their classmates affecting the learning quality. According to (Kristina Bojic , Ivana Brdar , Marija Nesic) “the absence of nonverbal communication makes it harder to understand the material”. Although there might be truth behind that claim, I think online learning has compensated with the greater availability of learning material and the fact that all learning material is recorded and ready to be checked any time as many times as needed. That allows the student to get into the details of the explanation providing him with greater comprehensibility. To sum up, the advantages of online education are the greater availability of study material including e-books, articles, software, electronic tools … the second advantage was the higher flexibility in study time, and the last advantage is the fast graduation of online learners. Although online learning has many advantages it also has some disadvantages two of which are the lack of socialization and the issue of accreditation on online courses. We cannot ignore these advantages since they obviously affect the learning quality but there are some solutions which we discussed previously. It’s unacceptable to leave the educational field untouched when we could take it out of its primitive state. 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