Comments on: The Case for Synchronous Online Courses https://news.elearninginside.com/case-synchronous-online-courses/ News for eLearning Wed, 14 Oct 2020 14:09:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 By: Study Suggests Online Debates Are Just as Effective as In-person Discussion for Critical Thinking Development | eLearningInside News https://news.elearninginside.com/case-synchronous-online-courses/#comment-11669 Wed, 14 Oct 2020 14:09:37 +0000 https://news.elearninginside.com/?p=4025#comment-11669 […] of 25 and 27 students, respectively. While the on-ground group followed a more traditional form of face-to-face synchronous debating, the online program utilized an alternative method of asynchronous debates spanning a […]

]]> By: Muvaffak GOZAYDIN https://news.elearninginside.com/case-synchronous-online-courses/#comment-2004 Mon, 11 Dec 2017 14:15:18 +0000 https://news.elearninginside.com/?p=4025#comment-2004 This situation has pros and cons .
It seems to see the teacher on the screen is something effective. Most teachers say so . Even they say ” eye contact is important ”

To have correspondes with teacher and peers
To have forums
To have cohort online asynchronous courses are fine
They are much easier to manage than synchronous ones . Synchronous does not have the value corresponding to its expenses end problems .
So please cohort
Please forums
BUT MOST important from top schools valued courses and knowledge . Plus low cost .
See Georgia Tech . If Georgia Tech can do it everyone can do it .
Self paced courses are also good but cohorts are much better and does not have too much expense either .
So let us go cohort + forums .

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