Peer review

Maryam Al-Mass UIN: 528003032 ENGL 104-501 Project.3 Draft.2 28-11-2020

First source:

8 Reasons Why Online Education is Better than Traditional Sammer https://www.nitrocollege.com/blog/online-college/why-online-education-better

summary:

In this source the author main point was to list the advantages of the online

classes and to tell why online classes are better than traditional classes. The author

mentioned about 8 reasons and discussed them; she wrote her prediction about online

sources in the future. The author Trish Sammer listed that the reasons of why the online

classes are better is that online classes are available everywhere so, it’s accessible

because internet is available in every place. Also, she mentioned that online courses

are more attractive and fun than normal class. Moreover, the feedback is much easier

and faster than the normal classes. She said that studying online collage removes all of

the expenses. For example, the expenses of transportation. She also, mentioned that,

student will have controlled schedule by studying online. In addition, the author

discussed how student will get comfortable to technology. So, this is so good benefit of

online education. she finalized the reasons by giving a study of Babson/College

Board since 2012. Trish Sammer conclude by telling her predication about

the future on online education

Analysis:

This is an article of author published in: online colleges, the date of published was in

May 6, 2020. The audience was people who visit the website and interested on studying online

courses in colleges. The purpose of this article was to convince people to study their courses

online by giving them 8 reasons. The information “A 2012 study from Babson/College

Board showed that 77% of academic leaders believed that online education

offerings were just as good, if not better, than classroom-based educational

offerings.” that was presented in the article was created a perspective that online courses are

better than traditional courses. Moreover, the organization of the text was very helpful in shaping

the readers understanding of the article by giving the facts of the recent article in U.S.

News & World Report that shows that more hiring managers are seeing

the value in online degrees, as long as they come from properly accredited

institutions. This information is credible because when I visited the U.S new

& world website I found the information on it. I determine that this issue is

objective because I am a student and I felt the advantage and disadvantage

of online studying also that, I heard a lot slant and perspective from my

surroundings. The rhetorical appeals were used in the author presentation

of information. For example, she used logos by giving logic evidence in

A study from California State University in San Bernadino of two different

sets of students—one group who studied online and the other who went to

class. she used pathos when she tried to convince the audience by using

emotional “If you're someone whose eyes glaze over during a classroom

lecture, you may find that you respond better to online learning

approaches’’

Second source:

5 Disadvantages to Consider about Online Education Tom https://www.petersons.com/blog/5-disadvantages-to-consider-about-online-education/

summary:

In this source the author main point was to list the 5 disadvantages of the online

classes that people should consider. The author write 5 disadvantages and he

discussed them. The first disadvantage was being without or deficient in accreditation

and low quality. He also mentioned that, there will be little of face to face interaction.

Moreover, the author considered online classes are more work to the student. He said

that there is extreme force in the requirement of self-discipline and self-direction.

Analysis:

This is a post by Tom, published on a blog from Peterson’s College website, in

November 29, 2017. The audience was student who still choosing online classes to study. The

purpose of this article was to convince student who are interest to study their courses in online

classes by giving them 5 disadvantages of why traditional classes are better than online classes.

The information “Mark Edmundson, an English professor at the University of Virginia, argued in

a Time opinion piece that online education creates (monologue and not a real dialogue) in the

learning environment.”

that was presented in the article was created a perspective that traditional courses are better than

online courses in case of face to face interaction. In addition, the organization of the text was

very helpful in shaping the readers understanding of the article by giving the fact that in online

classes student do hard work and they spend 15 to 20 hours per week which is not common. I

believe that this information is credible because I am a student who study in a university that

recently teaches their course online and I worked more in online classes than normal classes.

Moreover, this text intended to be objective because many students and professors disagreed the

idea of online classes and they have nothing to do because of the current global pandemic that

forces the universities to teach students online. And this piece a slant of disagreeing the idea of

online classes by telling five disadvantages. The rhetorical appeals were used in the

author presentation of information. For example, he used logos by giving

logic evidence from information “Mark Edmundson, an English professor at the University

of Virginia, argued in a Time opinion piece. And he used Pathos when he tried to convince

the audience by using emotional “if you tend to procrastination, then you

might need to strengthen your skill set before an online course or

program.”

Synthesis of both sources:

I found two sources that disagree with each other because the first source was fully

agreeing the idea of online studying by giving 8 advantages. However, the second source was

disagreeing the idea of studying online by giving 5 advantages. Both sources were agreement

that these days many universities used the new technique of teaching which is the online method.

These sources provided new information to me that different from what I understood about this

issue. For example, before reading the two sources I wasn’t really care about the expenses on the

education, but when I read the two sources, I found that many students had trouble with

transportation expenses on traditional classes and many students suffer with technology

expenses. These sources changed how I think about this issue because before I was fully

disagreeing the idea of online classes but, when I read both sources, I became littlie agreeing the

idea because the 8 advantage of studying online convinced me a lot. There are some points that if

it was discussed the both sources will be better, which is if the authors put a interview with a

student who faced a problem or satisfied with this issue. These sources shaped my own argument

by letting me in between agreeing or disagreeing the idea of online studying rather than attending

physically the traditional way. Finally, the decision of online teaching is not in our hands it is

controlled by the university so we should live with this issue either if we agree or disagree it. I

really appreciate my experience recently with my university that teaches us with online method,

this save my life from the COVID-19 recent pandemic.