Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Is Virtual Learning as Effective as In Person Teaching?

Is it possible to learn online as effectively as you can in the classroom?

The answer is: Yes!

A bad teacher is a bad teacher -- but a great "real classroom teacher" can be a terrible online teacher because one must adhere to a different set of demands and expectations as an online instructor.

We all need to open more pathways of thinking. We must be creative. We must not think in days and weeks and hours. We must believe in the "everlasting now" as we are always thinking and learning at all times.

We must also always think in "virtual eternity" and that will begin to light up new ways of pondering that will lead us to know how to make our online classes sing -- and we work on those totems of entertainment and learning every day here at Boles University!

2 comments:

Janna M. Sweenie said...

It is always a challenge to find new ways to teach the same ideas in new contexts. We'll do it, though, because the students require creative thinking.

Boles University ™ said...

Ways of learning are always changing and being enhanced. Good teachers modify with the times to meet the ongoing needs of their students while less effective teachers just repeat the same information year in and year out. Online teaching commands fresh ideas in every instance and that is the task we must meet every single day.

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