Assignment 1 Adv Reading and Writing
Compare and contrast between Traditional learning and learning through the Internet
Since 2000, the Internet has become a part of our life. Everything happened in our life included the Internet, e.g. reading, writing, gaming, etc. We can read news on the Internet everyday, read e-book everyday. People can write something on the Internet everyday like on their blog, on the social network website. We play online game instead of single user game. More than that, even we play single user games on our own computer, we can still connect to the Internet to play games all over the world. It proves how the Internet pervade in our daily life. Except those activities mentioned above, there is an important element also attached to the Internet, that is EDUCATION.
Before studying on the Internet became popular, the only way we had learnt is from our teachers, or by reading books ourselves. No one had thought about that we could study through the Internet, a virtual world. There is a huge contrast between learning through the the Internet and through the actual world. They might have something similar, but mostly they are different. Someone thinks learning through the Internet is a new trend of study. Other people might think the best way to learn is the traditional way, having actual lessons, reading an actual book. Each of them is pleading for their point of view.
For me, virtual learning and actual learning are mostly different, but slightly similar. None of them is overwhelming the other one. They have their own features.
First of all, learning virtually does not take any place, but actual learning does. Place, as in a class should be like a magnet, which holds together the instructor with a community of students and their ideas, knowledge, thoughts, and memories.(p.8 Bender, T.) In short, place is defined as anything that is mutually shared within, and has a boundary for containment purposes. On the other hand, Cyberspace is a virtual place, the world of
Since 2000, the Internet has become a part of our life. Everything happened in our life included the Internet, e.g. reading, writing, gaming, etc. We can read news on the Internet everyday, read e-book everyday. People can write something on the Internet everyday like on their blog, on the social network website. We play online game instead of single user game. More than that, even we play single user games on our own computer, we can still connect to the Internet to play games all over the world. It proves how the Internet pervade in our daily life. Except those activities mentioned above, there is an important element also attached to the Internet, that is EDUCATION.
Before studying on the Internet became popular, the only way we had learnt is from our teachers, or by reading books ourselves. No one had thought about that we could study through the Internet, a virtual world. There is a huge contrast between learning through the the Internet and through the actual world. They might have something similar, but mostly they are different. Someone thinks learning through the Internet is a new trend of study. Other people might think the best way to learn is the traditional way, having actual lessons, reading an actual book. Each of them is pleading for their point of view.
For me, virtual learning and actual learning are mostly different, but slightly similar. None of them is overwhelming the other one. They have their own features.
First of all, learning virtually does not take any place, but actual learning does. Place, as in a class should be like a magnet, which holds together the instructor with a community of students and their ideas, knowledge, thoughts, and memories.(p.8 Bender, T.) In short, place is defined as anything that is mutually shared within, and has a boundary for containment purposes. On the other hand, Cyberspace is a virtual place, the world of