With the increase in technology, many teachers are now using
mass communication systems to interact with their students as opposed to the
standard face-to-face interaction.
For example, in recent years there has been a big rise in the number of
distance learning classes. Many
colleges are now offering fully online or partially online courses to its
students so that students do not have to meet in person to learn. This is especially useful for people
who hold full time jobs or for people who have family responsibilities that
make it difficult for them to go to class.
There are many colleges that now give out degrees for all
online classes. This includes the University
of Phoenix, Kaplan University, Arizona State University Online, Columbia
Southern University, etc. Furthermore,
there is a huge online database full of classes called MOOC, or massive open
online course. This is a free
online course currently being tested by many universities across the country,
including the University of Maryland.
There are tons of courses including categories such as: art, biology,
business and management, chemistry, computer science, economics, education,
engineering, food and nutrition, mathematics, physics, social sciences,
etc. These courses can have
thousands of students and it requires no in-person interaction and no tuition
fee.
With the addition of so many classes being offered online,
teachers have to be more and more creative as to how to interact with students. This has been made easy by social
media. More and more teachers use
social media websites such as blog websites, Twitter, and Facebook to interact
with their students. Since
teachers of online courses do not always meet in person with their students,
these types of digital media make it simple to communicate with one another.
Questions for expert:
1) What are some of the drawbacks to using social media as opposed to face-to-face interaction?
2) What are some ways that students can interact with others if their courses are all online?
3) Do people who enroll at a fully online school have difficulty finding jobs once they graduate?
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