Computer Assisted Education: Pros and Cons for College Students

This report investigates the influence of computer-assisted education (CAE) on college students, analyzing its advantages and disadvantages within the higher education system. The study begins with an introduction outlining the background of CAE, the research problem, and the rationale behind...Read More

Impact of computer assisted education for college students and their pros and cons towards
the education system

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Background of the Project...........................................................................................................4
Research Problem........................................................................................................................4
Research Rational........................................................................................................................4
Aim and Objective.......................................................................................................................4
Risk..............................................................................................................................................5
Research Question.......................................................................................................................5
Literature Review............................................................................................................................6
Overview......................................................................................................................................6
Theoretical Framework................................................................................................................6
Research Gap...............................................................................................................................9
Summary......................................................................................................................................9
Research Methodology..................................................................................................................10
Research Design Strategy..........................................................................................................10
Data Collection..........................................................................................................................10
Data Analysis.............................................................................................................................10
Ethical Consideration.................................................................................................................11
Research Timeline.....................................................................................................................11
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Result and Analysis.......................................................................................................................13
Quantitative Analysis for Students............................................................................................13
Analyze the Pros and Cons of Computer Assistant Course Studies..........................................16
Conclusion and Recommendation.................................................................................................17
References......................................................................................................................................19
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Introduction
Background of the Project
According to Butler (2017), modern technologies, especially computers, introduce many
opportunities in contemporary life as well as the education system. The advanced technology in
the learning and education system is a new challenge for the teacher of the universities. This
study focuses on the impact of the computer-based education system to college students. This
research paper provides a critical evolution of the advantage and disadvantages of this type of
process of study.
Research Problem
Every university around the world adopts the computer-based education system. Many teachers
and students are using the computer-based education system as a medium of study. This type of
research is useful for a young student more than older students. Kelley (2019) stated that there is
an economic disadvantage for the students, which helps higher financial background students
more than lower economic background students.
Research Rational
In this study, the scholar critically analyzes the impact of a computer-based education system.
The traditional educations system is affected by the modern computer-based educational system.
Thomas (2018) stated that the education system is the main factor in discipline, and it should be
taken seriously. The advantage and disadvantages of this type of study are discussed and
analyzed by the scholar of this study.
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Aim and Objective
This research study has the intention to analyze the impact of computer assistant education of
college students. This study also focuses on the pros and cons of this type of education system.
Based on the aim of this study, the scholar focuses on two primary objectives to critically
analyze the research topic. The Objectives of this study are
 To critically examine the impact of computer assistant education on college students
 To analyze the pros and cons of computer assistant course studies
Risk
Risk
type
Event Value Monitoring Strategy Review
Date
Owner
T This topic is new,
and I have limited
knowledge
50 During
Research
Gathered
knowledge as
much as
possible
Through
research
Researcher
T Universities are
closed on weekend
50 Weekend Managed to go
on working
days
Research
Time
Researcher
P No Risk for Human 0 ----- ------ ------ -------
F No financial risk 0 -------- ---------- ----------- ---------
E No risk for
environment
0 ------- -------- -------- ---------
Table 1: Risk Management
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Research Question
Based on the objective and the aim of this study, the researcher founds sure about analyzing this
study critically. The research questions of this study are
 What is the impact of the computer assistant education system on college students?
 What are the advantages of using this type of education system?
 What are the disadvantages of using this type of education system?
Literature Review
Overview
This study elaborates on the student’s approach to the essentiality of computer-assisted studies. It
analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of those studies to the academic performances of the
college students. This study has gathered the perspectives of several scholars and presented their
standpoints to justify the significance of the computer-assisted studies for college students.
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Theoretical Framework
B
Fig 1 Mind Map
According to Ige and Hlalele (2017), computer-assisted studies are nowadays quite an accessible
teaching and learning method, which has also been proved as beneficial. This kind of study
method has strengthened the education system with the help of the digitalization. However, the
professor is the main person who teaches the subject and creates learning objectives for the
students through computers. Computer-assisted studies are beneficial to those students,
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The impact of computer
assistant education on
college students
Provide
authentic
learning
environment
Better Problem
Solving ability
Improve
Concentratio
n
Create more
engagement to the
screen
Harmful for brain
and eyesight
Students fully
depends on the
internet

especially those who miss the traditional class for some reason. They can have the opportunity to
learn about the missed period through the computer. Additionally, the professors can engage the
students in the evaluation procedure of the lesson after the traditional class is over. This way, the
students get more opportunities to learn the subject precisely.
Bai et al., (2018) also stated agreeing with the previous standpoint that, using this computer-
aided study are creating more necessity among the college students as they can utilize this
method to elaborate the fundamental concepts of the subject more smoothly and can participate
in discussion with their peer groups. In this teaching method, computers are used to control some
of the classroom activities such as lesson planning, learning measurement, data recording, and
analyzing those data statistically. In this case, the professor is the secondary importance, whereas
the computer becomes the primary importance of the teaching-learning procedure. This
computer-assisted study has become the most prevalent study method as it delivers the most
effective visualized teaching to college students.
Aryadoust, Mehranand Alizadeh (2016), in this context, argued that computer-assisted study
helps the students in better problem solving, the ability to design process, better integration with
the peer group, better communication skills and receive prompt and useful feedback. This kind of
computer-based study enables the students to enhance their learning process, become more
creative, and get a more individualized ambiance for learning. Above all, computer-aided studies
provide the students with more straightforward teaching, more enhanced learning, and all kind of
educational facilities through distance mode. Besides, the students are more concentrated in this
type of learning method and enjoy the teaching thoroughly.
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In this context, Rafi (2018) opined that computer-assisted studies are more likely to facilitate the
students to better integrate with the professors. But using this computer-aided method can either
harm the entire education system or can improve the students’ potential and effectiveness; both
depend on the strategically implementing capability of the college authorities.
The pros of using this computer-aided study, according to Aryadoust, Mehran, and Alizadeh,
(2016), are as follows:
These types of learning methods initiate college students to embrace an authentic learning
environment. The students get the opportunity to connect with the outer world more easily. Also,
the computer-assisted learning method eliminates the extra tasks of the professor so that the
professor can concentrate entirely on providing the students with quality education. Also, the
professors can manage the assessments of the students more effectively and distribute the grades
among them without creating any human error. This way, the students also become beneficial
through adopting this system as embracing the digitalization will cause them less intimidation
with the technology in their further work life. Additionally, this leaning method creates more
integrated collaboration between the professors and the students, which results in improved
academic performance.
Buzzoni et al. (2016) have elaborated on some of the cons or disadvantages of using this
computer-assisted learning method in the colleges. According to him, technology has already
chained the kids, adolescents, or adults in the shackles. Therefore, if the technology is added in
the study of the college students, it will create more engagement to the screen than usual among
the students. The consequences will eventually impact the brain of the students in the long run.
Also, this can cause a lot of distraction to college students as they can misuse the technology
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except learning activities, too. They can utilize this multi-tasking device in social networking and
internet browsing, which will deviate them from the course material. Moreover, the students will
put lesser effort into completing their assignments and will seek entire help from the internet
without any manual effort. There have been several such cases where the college students were
allegedly reported to misuse the technology committing illegal and unethical crimes.
Research Gap
This study analyzes the pros and cons of computer courses for college students in their academic
studies, but this paper only portrays general information. Without delivering statistical data, this
chapter cannot meet the paper’s requirements. Therefore, it is a gap in the literature review
session.
Summary
From the above study, it is evident that these computer-assisted learning procedures are far way
better than the traditional classroom method. The impact of digitalization cannot be denied in the
contemporary advanced society. Therefore, the education system should also welcome this
technology-centered activity. Although there are several disadvantages of this learning method,
proper implementation, and execution of the same will deliberately reduce the apprehension.
Research Methodology
Research Design Strategy
Quantitative and qualitative research strategies are suitable for this study to attain the research
aim. By employing quantitative research strategy, this study can be able to determine the impact
of computer-assisted courses on the academic of college-goers. Moreover, by using a qualitative
research strategy, the research tries to provide information about the pros and cons of computed
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oriented course studies to the education system of college students. These two research strategies
assist the research analyst in designing the data collection process for this study to gather reliable
information (Krippendorff, 2018).
Data Collection
This study gathered information from both the sources, i.e., primary and secondary data
collection processes for critically analyzing the set research aim. For collected quantitative
information, this study surveyed 50 college students of King’s College London, which helps the
scholar to identify the role of computer-oriented courses in the education of college students.
Moreover, for determining the pros and cons of computer courses for college-goers, the scholar
preferred to collect data from journals, peer-reviewed articles, books, and others. These two data
collection processes help to collect correct data for this research (Kumar, 2019).
Data Analysis
The scholar to examine the quantitative data has used the M.S. Excel tool, and for descriptively
analyzing qualitative data, this study employed the scholar’s logical skills.
Ethical Consideration
The analyst obeyed the Data Protection Act 1998 for addressing ethical problems. Without
taking consent from the respondents, the scholar did not gather their responses, and this study
collected information from willing candidates only. Here, the scholar had extracted data from
current data sources for protecting paper quality (Brown and Rhoades, 2019).
Research Timeline
No Task Name Duration Start Date End Date
1 Aim and Objective 8 days 10/01/2020 18/01/2020
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2 Literature Review 38 days 19/01/2020 26/02/2020
3 Data Collection 6 days 20/01/2020 26/01/2020
4 Method Selection 5 days 22/01/2020 27/01/2020
5 Primary Data Collection 19 days 23/01/2020 11/02/2020
6 Secondary Data collection 14 days 29/01/2020 12/02/2020
7 Data Analysis 14 days 10/02/2020 24/02/2020
8 Final Projection 6 days 25/02/2020 2/03/2020
Table 2: Project Plan
Activities 1st-2nd
Week
3rd-4th
Week
5th-6th
Week
7th-8th
Week
9th-10th
Week
11th-12th
Week
13th-14th
Week
Aim and
objective
formulation
Literature
review
presentation
with the
help of past
studies
Data
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collection
methods
and other
research
method
selection
Primary
data
collection
Secondary
data
collection
Data
analysis
Final
projection
Table 3: Gantt chart
Result and Analysis
The researcher of this study had collected data from the students of different universities. The
data are presented and analyzed in this chapter of this study. The scholar of this study uses
graphs to represents the data for understanding to the reader of this study. The scholar is helpful
after analyzing the data in this chapter; the reader can have more knowledge about the impact of
the computer assistant in the education of college students. The objectives of this research have
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been fulfilled, and data are very informative for readers of this study. This chapter is represented
in a simple structure. The quantitative questions are sent to the students, and answers are
represented graphically. The outcome of this analysis is discussed in this chapter of this study.
Quantitative Analysis for Students
For conducting the quantitative analysis, the scholar of this study sent questions to 10 students of
the different universities. The students correctly responded to the issues.
Q1 Improving the education system with the help of computer assistant education for
college students
Chart 1: Improving the education system with the support of computer assistant education
for college students
Based on the above graph, it is seen that 40% of the student had agreed to this fact, and 20% are
strongly agreed on this question. 10% of students have a neutral point about this matter. On the
other hand, 20% of the total students disagree with this question, and 10% of the students are
strongly disagreed on this matter.
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Based on the above data, the scholar of this study is observed that the education system is
improving with the help of a computer assistant on the college student. The computer assistant
education helps the student to complete their degree through online. The 40% student is agreed
to this statement, and this statement strongly favors 20 % of students. 10% of students have a
neutral pint of view about this statement. On the other hand, 20% of them disagreed with this
fact, and 10% of the students are strongly disagreed with this statement. This modern education
system has more improvement than negative.
Q 2 the computer assistant education is student-friendly for college students
Chart 2: 2 the computer assistant education is student-friendly for college students
From the above graph, it is seen that 20% of the students have agreed to this matter, and 30%
strongly agreed on this fact. The neutral point of view has 20% of the students in this matter. On
the other hand, 10% of the students have a disagreement of opinion in this matter, and 20% of
the students are strongly disagreed with this matter.
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Based on the data of the graph, the scholar found that computer assistant education is student-
friendly for college students. Various online tools in the modern education system are more
exciting and easier to understand, learning, and simple to implement. 20% of the students are
agreed, and this statement strongly favors 30 % of the students. The neutral view about this
statement has 20% of the students. On the other hand, 20% of students are strongly disagreed
with this statement, and 10% of the student disagrees on this matter. Based on this analysis, it is
clear that the computer assistant education is student t friendly for college students.
Q 3 Computer assistant education makes the learning process more efficient
Chart 3: Computer assistant education makes the learning process more efficient
Based on the above graph, it is clear that 10% of the students have agreed to this matter, and
30% of the students are strongly agreed to this fact. The neutral point of view of the students is
30%. On the other hand, 20 % of the students disagree with this fact, and 10 % of the students
are strongly disagreed with this matter.
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Based on the above data of the graph, the researcher of this study found that the computer
assistant education on college student is more efficient. This education provides the tools and
methods for efficient communication, which are not available in the traditional education system.
10 % of the students are agreed to this statement, and this statement strongly favors 30 %. 30%
of the students stay neutral. On the other hand, 20% of the students disagree and 10 % of the
students are strongly disagreed with this statement. Based on this analysis, it is clear that
computer assistant education is more efficient for the students of the colleges.
Analyze the Pros and Cons of Computer Assistant Course Studies
The field of education has a positive impact on the use of computers. Computer assistant
education on college students is more prevalent in recent times. It makes the classroom more
colorful, more comfortable, and simple for the students. It has various advantages. This type of
education gives the student no imitations of space of time. According to Pareek (2016), every
student can learn without affecting the other students. This study helps the student to manage the
information in a structured way so that they can learn quickly. This study allows students to
influence education. The traditional research cannot change them enough. This study helps
students to improve the output from the learning.
The study has some disadvantages also. According to Hamad (2017), this study needs to
implement and apply properly; otherwise, it may be harmful to the students. This study is costly
for many students; on the other hand, the traditional style is cost-effective. Students can miss
their laboratory experiences in some subjects like physics, chemistry, biology, etc.
After analyzing, it is clear that the computer assistant education in college student has a positive
impact.
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Conclusion and Recommendation
The computer assistant education still needs to improve to betterment for the students. Teachers
of the colleges need to guide the students about any doubt of this education system. Students
need to improve their ability to solve complex problems with the help of computers. Students
should be encouraged to learn themselves. Parents need to aware of this type of education
system. According to Hamad (2017), students need to be mastered difficult subjects with the help
of computer education, which helps them to improve their confidence level. This study analyzed
the positivity of this type of knowledge on the college student, which allows them to improve
effectiveness and confidence level.
After analyzing the impact of the computer assistant education on the students of colleges, it is
clearly said that this education system is new, and this system helps for the betterment of the
students. This system gets a positive response from the students of different colleges. This
education system has various advantages like solving complex problems efficiently; this system
also helps the students to communicate with the teacher and with peers efficiently and quickly.
This system also has some disadvantages as if this will affects the brain and the eyesight of the
students if they use the computer more. After analyzing those aspects of this study, it is clear that
this study has fulfilled its objective by analyzing and discussing every aspect.
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