Online Education: Exploring Pros and Cons of E-Learning

This persuasive essay provides a detailed discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of e-learning. It explores the benefits of online education, such as flexibility, convenience, and cost-effectiveness, while also addressing the drawbacks, including the lack of face-to-face interaction, potential for reduced self-discipline, and issues with plagiarism. The essay examines various aspects of online learning, including its impact on student engagement, the role of technology, and the importance of self-management skills. It also compares online learning to traditional classroom settings, highlighting the importance of blended learning approaches to maximize educational outcomes. The essay concludes by arguing that while e-learning has significant advantages, it's crucial to acknowledge and mitigate its limitations to provide the best possible educational experience. The essay is supported by several academic sources, including studies on online education and learning technologies.

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Introduction
This persuasive essay brings out a discussion on understanding of e learning. The purpose of
the report is to examine the pros and cons of the online education. The persuasive essay
brings out several arguments associated with online education. Understanding e learning is
important as far as considering in creating in structural and e-learning decisions. Advantages
and disadvantages are concerned with the e-learning pros and cons in equal measures. This
persuasive essay looks forward to the perspective related to education (Allen. and Seaman,
2016). E learning has its pros and cons, which need to be considered in its measure. Several
organisations avail several types of training programs to the employees. One can provide the
required training with an aim to send people to school, availing manuals, conducting in house
training sessions and the self-study guides. In several situations, it is quite advantageous for
people to use other forms of the online education rather than traditional training. It has been
identified that there are both limitations as well as benefits but it is seen that several
advantages such as online learning and computer based learning while comparing it to the
traditional face-to-face lectures (Wang et al., 2019).
Teachers open the doors but you have to enter by yourself
With the application of online technology in every perspective of human life especially
education. Individual does not need to create a physical building while learning something.
There are several online learning methods to assist the education sector such as websites,
online blogs, social media, and video based sites (Allen. and Seaman, 2016).
Undoubtedly, online learning and education has been a growing trend, which outlines several
features such as cheap transferring through easy modes. One can learn the classes through
any of the sources and device they like. Although, several traditional schools and colleges
have started to share their course through their online portals and they share free. It is an easy

and comfortable method of achieving knowledge is every field (Xu, Chen, and Ren, 2017).
Most importantly, it saves time, which means you need not to take any taxi to your class.
There is wider scope that each person can learn from anywhere he/she wants to. One can
watch the videos while in train and during breaks and even from the home. It has fostered
convenience, which includes learning in bed with the help of the content available in form the
classes and tutorials. It lessens the boring and encourages boredom and getting ready and
catching buses on time without tiring is another issues, while directly invites online learning
(Surjono, Muhtadi, and Wahyuningsih, 2017). As far as the traditional learning is concerned,
absenteeism can come into trouble and if your family knows that you are busy in your classes
then it becomes difficult to catch the notes. Online learning avails resources in their hand
with soft copy, which can be easily transferred through email, and other sharing applications.
It has become one of low cost service includes renting the building, and utility bills, which is
required to avail the students with learning facilities. Here, one can reach large audience at
the same time by uploading the videos on YouTube. Learning platforms enable the content
creator to reroute maximum people as possible in the world. Online learning classes avail
supportive and flexible classes (Sriwidadi, Prabowo, and Riantini, 2018). In e learning, the
personal features is the key to success, which helps to keep an eye on self-management skills
such as discipline, punctuality, and dedication. There is no time boundaries while it is easy to
squeeze any time from the daily schedule. The great substitute and alternate to the traditional
methods. It further presents a way through which a student can boost the level of self-
motivation and secure more knowledge apart from their core subject (Wang et al., 2019).
Online learning is an effective way, which allow students to finish their homework and then
engage in other hobby classes. E- Learning takes less time, as it does not only eliminate needs
to commute in saving money and time too. A teacher does not need to repeat the same class
again to different set of people. One can prepare the whole content and share it with the

several groups at the same time. E learning induce the students to take courses from the
devices anywhere. Therefore, most people prefer to consume content with the help of
internet. After considering the maximum suitability of the people, who already uses news,
articles, magazines, book appointments, and other TV shows? The concept of online learning
classes was launched. Face-to-face interaction is quite possible that there is a live interaction
between teacher and student. Interaction helps to learn from the learners too by sitting in the
same class. Moreover, it is not possible that the student will not accomplish self-discipline,
do their homework, stand, and then listen to the instructor. Face-to-face learning has been
readily identified ad real way of learning (Sriwidadi, Prabowo, and Riantini, 2018).
While taking the action in against of the motion for the e learning, it is seen that E-learning
has been incredibly powerful tool, which embraced several business. E-learning platform
leads to less engagement, less personal and less effective in procedure (Anshari, Alas, and
Guan, 2016). Furthermore, e learning does not create any force by the teachers then it leads to
no self-discipline. Due to inherent freedom, e learning leads to no personality personality as it
lacks class communication. No discipline leads to switching off all the fully engaged material
and the task, which can undergo irresistible gravitational pulling to bottom of listing. This
lacks flexibility where only specific skills can be transferred and other more skills and
competence cannot be transferred (Davis, Gough, and Taylor, 2019). It is quite difficult to
regulate the online classes regularly. The inputs from the teachers is not that specific because
it is structured in such a way that it cannot focus on every specific student. Instant student
feedback is highly valuable, which is invisible. While checking the papers, the teachers keep
in mind that the kids have already been using the computer and they are not monitored at
every time, which they could potentially plagiarise reports. Online students are often forced
to become self-disciplined, which remain engaged in classes but during e learning, classes
cannot be monitored in class. Online learning needs more self-discipline and further it will

benefit the learners. Small groups can be developed only through off learning sessions. At the
schools, the students learn to make friends and get above disappointments. Competition
amongst the colleagues can be stimulating and finally the students will get the benefit.
Another more disadvantage, it is seen that online courses must cope up with students while
trying discussion (Anshari, Alas, and Guan, 2016).
However, the resulting consequence of issues related to plagiarism and cheating, it is seen
that with e learning, the issues can be resolved by random questions, set a proper timer, and
use of the concept-oriented questions. Online learning system is seen as the complement and
the extension of classical learning. It is seen that not even the best online courses can replace
personal contact with teacher, human relationship, which is developed in the group (Anshari,
Alas, and Guan, 2016).
Conclusion
It has been seen that one can request data from the schools regarding the choice of e learning
such as instructional technology, locating instructional designs, and design partners in degree
programs in area. After knowing the advantages and disadvantages, it is seen that it assists in
selection of learning software in the area. Furthermore, it is seen that online learning turns out
as more practical. On a concluding note, I am against the motion where e learning brings out
several disadvantages and it is outweighed in against to the advantages. Self-discipline cannot
delegated and acquired, where it will benefit the learners beyond the learning portion.
Isolation among the kids create a sense of depression and other anxiety issues, which can be
solved only by combining different types of learnings so that it can at least foster maximum
interaction between students. Although we are not arguing that traditional, learning must be
stopped at all but it is important to notice the importance of online learning, which is also not
a great idea. For instance- teachers and the trainers must use a blend approach so that school
and college can combine both the approaches to maximise the results.

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