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Date Posted: 05:58:40 09/14/10 Tue Hello every one! People I would like to congrat you, it is excellent in my opinion. In my opinion as we have to pay attention in paragraph structure, in the first paragraph the phrasal topic is: “It is undeniable that modern society is facing the empowerment of high technologies.” We could think if from the phrase, it would be ok to develop this idea in the same paragraph: “Well established universities are reviewing and looking for different ways of teaching. Some of the strongest pressures for changes are coming from students. However, besides the demand for increasing the number of online-courses, society is not completely ready to receive that technological education yet.” It is worth to observe the professor`s words: “Your goal in this unit is to conclude the essay you introduced in unit 4 through appropriately written development paragraphs (no more than 4) and a conclusion paragraph.” So, we can write no more than 5(with the conclusion) and we have 6. We have to put 2 together. What do you think? We could link the second with the third, what do you think?I tried it in this way: On line education presents some positives point. One of them is that online education decreases the costs of the study compared to classical campuses, since people can access the courses from home or even work. For some schools, online education is even more expensive than campus-based courses. For reasons of their own, “many schools use their non-traditional and distance learning programs to subsidize their campus operations. However, in the interim, there are relatively few low cost alternatives among the top-name, accredited online schools.”(WIELAND, 2009). Another positive point is that on-line education is positively beneficial to all age groups searching for a way to engage in a formal qualification and also promises to attend to a broader public rather than a traditional one. For instance, a disabled person or a housewife could easily study from home at their own pace instead of following a fixed timetable. But in this point: “On the other hand, some people do not seem to be able to manage their time by themselves; they prefer to take classes in the traditional way. Some other virtual students might find that the online environment limits their ability to learn in a way that matches their learning style. Especially for visual and auditory learners, who need the presence of the written or spoken word.” As the initial phrase was: “On line education has its positives point.” We could put it togheter with the traditional fourth paragragh: Some interesting points presented by some critics are: except when studying is made with visual contact through some specific media such as webcams, the teacher has no efficient way to be sure about who is really doing the tasks. For that reason, “the online education suffers a lot of prejudice from big companies that claim that it is not reliable, once the students could have paid somebody to do the tasks for them.” (VALENTINE, 2002) and here we could put; “Another interesting point is that some people do not seem to be able to manage their time by themselves; they prefer to take classes in the traditional way. Some other virtual students might find that the online environment limits their ability to learn in a way that matches their learning style. Especially for visual and auditory learners, who need the presence of the written or spoken word." That`s all for now.Hugs, Mariana. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |