Monday, August 15, 2011

Reflective piece on T3 Online lessons .

Term 3 online lessons are lesson slots allocated for no particular subject in exact, but is required for self-study, or completion of the assignments. I feel that this idea is very realistic, very well implemented. In the hour we can have our time to do anything from all topics. As such, our learning is very much expansive and not constricted to the one topic we focus. I think that in the online lessons for the past term, they have all worked out well, just that it was probably a bit too short. I desired more time to accomplish more things, and wanted sufficient time to finish the assignments. At times, when I feel restless, that was the time to rest. I would still finish the work by then, relieved. I think that online lessons are very relaxing, but effective for learning. Although some mischievous ones would be facebooking, instead of going to the 2A2 page, all of us would have our homework completed by the end, so it was no problem. Unlike allocated lessons, this online lesson possesses the desirable flexibility, where we can do anything we like, with appropriate time management. This teaches us to be independent and focus on learning at the same time.

 The assignments issued are also very interesting; they require a lot of internet assistance, and is very intriguing to find some information I did not know before. The assignments might be easy, or might be extremely hard, at times I hope for easy assignments as I was lazy, but when I wanted to test myself I attempted the harder ones. The difficulty ranges, but we must complete everything by the end of the term. Though it might be slack-ish , too relaxing, I believe that this online lesson will help us be independent. Personally, I hope more and more of such online lessons. Honestly, whenever I see an online lesson slot, I feel happy. The capacity for learning is endless, and you can choose exactly what you want to learn during that period.

I think the school was very creative to come up with technologically dependent, study-related modules. What are classes if you do not really listen to them? This is a practical issue; the attention span is the key problem. If online lessons can give us the rest, ( rest means to study without the constant stress of keeping up with the teacher), and we can yet absorb, then it is effective. However, we cannot rely our learning on online lessons, and we need teachers to guide us and instruct us properly. With a mixture of teachers and online lessons, they make a holistic learning for us students. Agree?

Benedict (:

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