Online Learning: Evaluating the Advantages, Disadvantages & Impact

This essay provides an overview of online learning, defining it as a method of education facilitated by the internet. It discusses the positives of online learning, such as time-saving benefits and easy access to online databases for study materials. The essay also addresses the negatives, including network issues, potential for student laziness, and health concerns related to prolonged screen time. The conclusion suggests that while online learning is beneficial up to a certain point, overuse can lead to negative consequences like health problems and decreased concentration. The essay references research on enhancing learning engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic and measuring digital literacy across age groups.

ONLINE LEARNING

TABLE OF CONTENT
• Introduction
• What is Online Learning?
• Positives of Online Learning.
• Negatives of Online Learning.
• Conclusion
• References

WHAT IS ONLINE LEARNING?
Online learning is the new method or tool through the students or learners are
able to get their education by the help of internet. It is also named as distance
learning (Heo, Bonk and Doo, 2021). It includes real time and anytime, and any
where interaction. The online learning can be done successfully only when the
teacher have interest to provide the education through the internet medium.

WHAT ARE THE POSITIVES OF ONLINE
LEARNING?
• The very first benefit of the online learning is that it saves the time of the student
and teachers because through this they did not go here and there for the classes.
• Student can easily asses the online data base and subject and prepare for their studies
whenever they want (Istenic, Bratko and Rosanda, 2021).
• Through this the students can take their classes when they fell fever as well. Due to
the online learning they did not miss any classes because of fever.

WHAT ARE THE NEGATIVES OF ONLINE
LEARNING?
• The very first demerit of online learning is that the student have face network
issue while taking the classes.
• The student get lazy due to this system and did not able to concentrate on their
lesson.
• The another demerit of online learning is that it effects the heath of the student.
Because of the online learning the students eyes get weak due continuos learning
on the screen (Jin, K. Y. and et.al, 2020).

CONCLUSION
After analysing the above sides it can be
concluded that the online learning is good upto the
certain period of time. If the students overuse this
technology then they can face the consequences as
well like health issues, weak concentration power,
lazy ness and many more.

REFERENCES
• Heo, H., Bonk, C. J. and Doo, M. Y., 2021. Enhancing learning engagement during
COVID‐19 pandemic: Self‐efficacy in time management, technology use, and online
learning environments. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. 37(6). pp.1640-1652.
• Istenic, A., Bratko, I. and Rosanda, V., 2021. Are pre‐service teachers disinclined to
utilise embodied humanoid social robots in the classroom?. British Journal of
Educational Technology. 52(6). pp.2340-2358.
• Jin, K. Y. and et.al, 2020. Measuring digital literacy across three age cohorts:
Exploring test dimensionality and performance differences. Computers & Education.
157. p.103968.