Revising and Adding Evaluation for Online Learning: Impact of Class Size and Strategies for Improvement

Running head: REVISING AND ADDING EVALUATION
Revising and adding Evaluation
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1REVISING AND ADDING EVALUATION
Analysis of the 1st Paragraph
In this paragraph, the impact of class size on the communication as well as acceptance
level of students attending online classes in an educational environment has been analyzed.
Considering the fact that larger class means a greater number of students, class size is directly
proportional to the number of notes students and instructors read and wrote. However, larger
class size often makes it difficult for students to maintain their attachment to the specific topic of
discussion. This takes place due to frequent sharing of information and knowledge by the
students attending the class from different parts of the world (Qiu, Hewitt & Brett, 2012). When
it comes to the percentage of notes read by students, the size of the notes as well as the grade
level score of the note, larger class size imposes an adverse impact on the mentioned factors.
This is because, a smaller class size makes it easier for the educators to examine the progress of
each student and thus an enhancement in the marks obtained by the students is evidenced (Means
et al., 2013).
Analysis of the 2nd Paragraph
In this paragraph, the advantage of face-to-face or offline learning over online learning has been
analyzed. Students attending face to face course develops knowledge bu attending the class,
participating in discussion with the classmates and listening to the instructor. All these are done
majorly done verbally and hence are highly spontaneous. In contrary, discussion and sharing of
opinion in online courses invoke conversation through text. Unlike offline learners, online
learners need to go through the massages, ask or answer questions or comment through text
messages. This process lacks the spontaneousness of online learning. Moreover, according to
researchers, distance education courses are developed and delivered in a very piece-meal and