Annotated Bibliography- Music being used as medicine to cure mental disease

Professor Howard

ENGL 1301, Sec. 53401

September 26, 2017

Annotated Bibliography

Bidwell, Allie. “Second-Guessing Online Education.” U.S. News Digital Weekly, vol. 5, no. 42, 18 Oct. 2013, p. 8. EBSCOhost.

In the article “Second-Guessing Online Education” Bidwell discusses others views on online education. This article’s main point is to discuss what American’s think about online education. The article talks about how people see the value in online learning but question the quality. Bidwell states American’s agree that online education offers the same value and format of traditional education but doubt the true worth of an online education and degree. Adults believe there is a lower quality in instructions and instructors in the online education environment. She includes surveys taken by more than one thousand adults. The surveyed adults realize the flexibility that online classes have to offer and they believe there is a higher student success rate if the student has the option of flexible schooling. The article also includes a survey about how employers prefer a traditional degree instead of an online degree. The article closes with vouching for online education and degrees because it is still a very new untraditional way to learn.

After reading this article, it will be very beneficial for my final essay. It is a very complex article and includes both pros and cons of online learning. It includes the public and employers’ views on online education and degrees. I can use this article to share the benefits of online learning and why it has the same or higher quality than a traditional on-campus education. This article will help me support my thesis and can also aide in creating a counter argument.

Callaway, Stephen K. “Implications of Online Learning: Measuring Student Satisfaction and Learning for Online and Traditional Students.” Insights to a Changing World Journal, no. 2, June 2012, pp. 67-94. EBSCOhost.

The article “Implications of Online Learning: Measuring Student Satisfaction and Learning for Online and Traditional Students” explains how the internet has transformed higher education and how traditional universities are adapting to the new challenges of online programs. The main point of this article is to express how online education is growing and why it is becoming popular among college students and intuitions. Callaway includes that cost and convenience are important incentives for students who chose to do online learning. He explains how online learning doesn’t appeal to all college students. He states that most public institutions and universities offer some form of online education. He includes how the percentage of online education enrollment is rapidly increasing every year. The study the article revolves around shows that college students are satisfied with the convenience and quality of online learning. But the shocking part that the study found was that students were more satisfied with the quality of learning more than the convenience.

This article can be used to explain how online learning has transformed education. I can use the information about how students find more quality in online learning rather than in a traditional in-class setting. I can also use this article to showcase how online education is rapidly growing and becoming a new normal for obtaining a degree. Overall this article will help my final essay and incorporating my similar viewpoints about online learning.

McCurry, David. “Online degrees offer a path to graduation.” Greenville News; Greenville, S.C. 17 Jul. 2016: E3. eLibrary.

In the article “Online degrees offer a path to graduation” McCurry discusses how there is more than one way to graduate with an associate’s and bachelor’s degree. Universities are now expanding to evening and weekend classes and online degree programs. There are many new ways to complete your education if you do fit the traditional college student. Online education is slowly evolving and becoming more advanced and contains the equal value of the traditional in-class courses. This article’s main focus is to inform the reader that there is more than one way to obtain your degree and the personal gains from online education. It is okay if you do not fit the traditional 18-year-old college student. Colleges are becoming more considerate and flexible than ever. Colleges are more understanding of students that have finances that have to be taken care when being a college student. This means convenience for learning opportunities that fit with their work and life obligations. McCurry also includes the personal benefits of a student when taking an online course. Students who are scared to participate in traditional classroom discussions can participate in a more intimate way when taking an online course. They can participate by writing and submitting their thoughts through a screen. He says online learning isn’t for everyone because you must have good time-management and self-motivation.

This article can be used to help my paper by including all the new ways of education and how online courses are evolving and meeting the face-to-face course standards. I can use and relate to the section where he explains how students can participate through a screen and not feel the pressure when expressing opinions because I am one of those students.