online seminars VS classroom seminars
I believe that there are many positives to conducting the seminars for this unit online. We are able to express ourselves in a more literal form. For example, some people find it quite difficult to talk in front of people in a seminar room and therefore keep some of their points to themselves. However, in this method you have to write done your exact views on an issue each week without the pressure of a classroom of people watching you. I however do prefer the face-to-face experience of conducting a seminar in a classroom with fellow students but i can recognise this factor of writing down your ideas on an online forum as being a positive way of learning.
There is some interaction through this method of communication as there is the online forum where each group can talk to each other and discuss issues with each weeks tasks. However, this is not conducted in 'real-time' and answers to messages on the forum can take a while to come back, whereas in a seminar room you would get answers straight away. I believe there is also more interaction with your tutor in a classroom compared to online seminars as you are face-to-face and can talk to them without having to wait for a reply to a message.
I do think it is helpful being able to schedule your time for blogging over the course of a week. Even though with a real-life seminar you can discuss all your points in one scheduled time and then concentrate on your other units scheduled for the rest of the week, it is useful if say you just want to do a bit of blogging on a certain topic and then come back to it later.
I don't feel like there is any real sense of authority, whereas in a classroom there is the obvious discourse of the tutor/student relationship. Everyone is seen as equal in the online forums which is good in that you can voice your opinions in an equal environment. Do you agree?
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2 comments:
yeah, i like that it forces evry1 t form their own opinion and communicate it with others because in seminars it is possible to just kind of sit there!
i think it's a good thing that on the blog we don't have to reply straight away kuz it gives us time to properly think about it rather than just say wahtever comes str8 2 r heads wich is what we do in seminars, then after we think of what would have been a better answer whereas here you can wait til you've thought about it.
yeah i think its a good thing were all equal in blogging kuz no1s afraid to just say wht they think about a topic or disagree with eachother whereas in seminars a lot of time people jus agree with eachother and not really think about it
Lauren,
I was interested to read your comments here. I think you raise some interesting points about the benefits of online seminars. Do remember incidentally, that if you're wanting a quicker response from me as your tutor, you can always drop me an email, rather than waiting for me to check your blog or forum.
All the best
Emma
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