Online Classes – Technology with limitations

Technology has taken over all aspects of human life and it definitely includes educated and learning process. Gone are the days when students have to travel far and wide to get knowledge and access higher education. Today, most lecturers, professors and teachers rely on technology to get connected with their international students from every part of the world. Online classes have made it possible for every person sitting in any corner of the world to access the most contemporary education right away! Not only online classes are a sure track to success for students from backward countries, but it also is the most feasible gateway for working professional to complete their higher studies and get their careers boosted.  However, like many other technologies, online courses have their limitations and here we will be listing some of them. 

1. Limitless procrastination

Well, by this I mean the lethargic attitude of students. Usually online courses and assignments have seriously long deadlines – that gives way to students’ lethargic attitude. In normal scenario, professors or lecturers will give quite limited timeline to students for completion and submission of their assignments, whereas, online courses generally have weekly or in some cases monthly deadlines that tends to nurture procrastinate behavior among students.

 

2. Negligible communication between students and faculty

A strong and healthy interaction between student and teacher is the key to better understanding of the subject. It forms the basis of the instructional support that most students direly needed to coup with the technicalities of subject. However, online classes almost neglect this important aspect of education where the only interaction between students and teachers is based on lectures delivered or notes shared. This is also a main reason why so many students fail to comprehend to subject technicalities, lose their interest and start looking to pay someone to take their online class. 

3. Neglect course prerequisites

Though online classes are made to support students with time constraints for education, unfortunately the technology has become a gateway for working professionals to get professional degrees for job promotions. Online class administration almost totally neglects the prerequisites of enrolling a person in specific course. This means that even if you haven’t any basic understanding for accounting, you still can enroll for professional degree in accounting and most probably can have it one way or the other.

This culture also tends to nurture cheating habits among students where they can hrie someone to take online classes and get any of the desired degree.

4. No team work

The best aspect of university life is friends we make and teamwork that we perform. Team work helps to build strong emotional and personal characteristics, and motivate them to work for bigger cause. This aspect is totally ignored in online classes where the individual is required to perform everything on his/her own without any due teamwork. 

Overall, online courses are a great opportunity for working professionals or students from developing countries to get themselves the highest contemporary education from anywhere in the world. However, as with all technologies there are some limitations that hinder the right progress of students at many stages which should be amended.