Individual Report: Exploring the World of Online Learning in Education

This individual written report provides an overview of online learning, examining its positive and negative aspects for students. The report starts with an introduction defining online learning, followed by a discussion of its advantages, such as flexibility and a wide range of available courses, and disadvantages, including distractions and technological challenges. It also outlines a plan for attending future online sessions, emphasizing the importance of a productive learning environment, proper scheduling, increased interest in courses, problem-solving, and self-care. The conclusion reiterates the dual nature of online learning, highlighting the importance of addressing challenges and leveraging benefits. References to academic sources support the analysis.

Individual Written Report

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Task 3
Online Learning
Good things about Online Learning
Difficult things about online learning
Plan to attend online sessions
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
Online learning is defined as the formalized learning process with the help of
electronic sources (Mayer, 2019).
Therefore, the presentation will analyse that online learning plays both positive
and negative aspects within the learning process for the students. There are also difficulties
which will be analysed faced during the process of online learning along with good factors
within the studying and learning.

Task 3
Online Learning
Online learning is defined as the education which takes place over the internet. It is used as E –
learning among other terms and helps in providing knowledge and understanding the scales of how the
students are able to create value for themselves in appropriate manner and learn new things within the
study environment (Orabona, 2019). Online learning is just a type of distance learning which helps in
knowing and providing the education through internet. Online learning is beneficial for understanding
through the internet which helps in determining the basis through which all aspects are being
considered for analysing the concepts of education and gaining knowledge and understanding at large
scale.

Good things about Online Learning
 There are certain good things which I have found about online learning and these are -
 Online learning is more flexible as it engages into easy and fast learning.
 I have also identified that there are wider range of courses available on the internet.
 There are also virtual collaboration opportunities which are made available through
internet and this helps in indicating that I am able to learn and grab more opportunities
which are made available to me (Muir, Milthorpe and et.al., 2019).

Difficult things about online learning
 There are some basic difficult things which I have learned about online learning and
these are -
 There are many distractions which I faced while attending online learning sessions.
 I faced problems with unfamiliar technology which came into my way during online
learning (Rosalina and et.al., 2020).
 It became difficult for me to stay motivated every time in learning something new from
the internet.

Plan to attend online sessions
 The plan to attend online sessions will be done in second term by -
 Establishing productive learning environment (Pandit and Agrawal, 2021).
 Setting a proper schedule for completing and reviewing the work.
 Trying to increase interest in the learning courses.
 Solving the problems on own.
 Focusing on self care.

CONCLUSION
Thus, it is concluded from the presentation that online learning plays both
positive and negative aspects within the learning process for the students. There were also
difficulties analysed faced during the process of online learning along with good factors
within the studying and learning in appropriate manner.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
 Mayer, R.E., 2019. Thirty years of research on online learning. Applied Cognitive Psychology.
33(2). pp.152-159.
 Muir, T., Milthorpe, N. and et.al., 2019. Chronicling engagement: Students’ experience of online
learning over time. Distance Education. 40(2). pp.262-277.
 Orabona, F., 2019. A modern introduction to online learning. arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.13213.
 Pandit, D. and Agrawal, S., 2021. Exploring challenges of online education in COVID times. FIIB
Business Review. p.2319714520986254.
 Rosalina, E. and et.al., 2020. Teacher’s Challenges towards Online Learning in Pandemic
Era. LET: Linguistics, Literature and English Teaching Journal. 10(2). pp.71-88.