Online Education vs. Traditional Education? Education Essay

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Is Online Education More Effective and Productive Than Traditional Education?
Introduction
The dynamism of economic, social and cultural processes in modern society implies changes in the field of education. The development of information technology has created a number of prerequisites for the emergence of online learning. It is the transfer of education or information without direct contact between the teacher and the student, carried out only through the interaction of information and computer technologies. This paper aims to contrast and compare the traditional, i.e. on-campus education and online education, the practical approaches involved in online education system, and the advantages of online way of learning. However, the success of online learning is not always certain, rather it depends on its effective organization and the quality of the methodological tools and methods used in this process. According to my point of view, many students prefer to attend traditional learning systems rather than online, so that they may develop effective communication with the teachers and peers. In this way, they may get more facilitated with on-campus education. Another opposing point is that the online courses have strict deadlines to be met regarding lectures, examinations, and assignments, while in traditional system; these are usually compensated when the student is in virtuous relationship with the teacher. This can be related to my personal experience in the college when we had a combination of projects with clashing deadlines, we used to ask the teacher to provide some leverage.
Discussion
Statistics of Students in Online Learning courses
The number of students taking online courses has been constantly increasing throughout the world including the United States. According to the statistics provided by Statista, the percentage of students enrolled in online education was increased from 13.3 % in 2012 to 16.7 % in 2016 (Statista n.d.). Graph 1 presents the statistics of online education trend from 2012 to 2016 in the United States.
Graph SEQ Graph \* ARABIC 1: Statistics of online education trend from 2012 to 2016 in the United States.
Comparison of Traditional and Online Education
The effectiveness of training in online classes and traditional classes is significantly different. In traditional education, the student will have more practical activities than in online education. With traditional education, most materials are provided by the school, while with online, the student must possess the necessary materials. Furthermore, in online education the student can automatically get assignments and study online (Alsaaty et al. 31). Thus, online education is a very convenient, promising and accessible form for obtaining additional knowledge for self-development or advanced training. In this case, the student maintains a high level of professional skills and knowledge by self-discipline and self-motivation, and the desire to learn new facts and gain additional knowledge.
In short, both education systems have their own pros and cons. The traditional involves offline training in high school. It is still traditional and often mandatory fo...