Advantages of face-to-face learning environments...

If you ever been in a classroom where it was a face-to-face learning environment, then it should be very clear as to what the advantages of face-to-face learning environments are about. But if you have never been in this type of environment before, I will recall the idea and advantages of the face-to-face system that has been used for many years. Face-to-face learning environments provides a community within a classroom. It gives a good sense of accomplishment and self-awareness to not only the teacher but the students. Some advantages are: Discipline and time mangement skills, Interaction with other students and most impotantly the instructors. Also, non-Isolation from communities, credits are more likely tranferable, unlimited access and knowlege to technology, and the list can go on and on.

There are many advantages for face-to-face learning environments, but with advantages comes disavantages. Disadvantages such as: Time flexibility, dress code, no note taking, and etc. Please do note that these disavantages are from the comparison of face-to-face learning environments and nonface-to-face systems such as online learning environments. I am not trying to slander nor take anything away from online learning environments, but I do think the face-to-face system is an essential key to ones success in life. Its like one those things that you can't live with but can't live without.


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Second thoughts on online education
by Steve Lohr
September 8, 2010

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