argument paper

Hamada Alkubra

Mr. Brzoska

ENGL110

4/18/18

Online Learning is better than Traditional Learning – An Annotated Bibliography

The growing importance of education coupled with the development of sophisticated technologies have given online education growing prominence. The acceptance and popularity of online education have grown so rapidly that some researchers are already speculating that it could become the dominant mode of instruction in the future. In the midst of this transition, the debate about which mode of education between online and classroom instruction is superior. Despite the debate, growing evidence shows that online education is overtaking classroom education in terms of effectiveness and delivering satisfaction to students.

Al-Hassan, Ahmad. "A comparison of e-learning and Traditional classroom Teaching: Petra University." IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language) Conference. 2010.

This article was the documentation of a study conducted to compare how effective e-learning is compared to traditional learning, measure student learning outcomes, and compare the findings to related studies. E-learning environments were found to have more diverse participants compared to traditional classrooms and considering that there is more participation of learners in e-learning, the diverse backgrounds are advantageous, as they enrich discussions and learning. The authors admit, however, that e-learning is still a work in progress, which needs lots of additional research.

Al-Omari, Aieman A., and Kayed M. Salameh. "E-Learning versus traditional learning as perceived by undergraduate students in Jordanian universities." E-Learning and Digital Media 9.2 (2012): 223-231.

This study investigated the perceptions of Jordanian undergraduate students towards e-learning in comparison to traditional learning. The authors contend that the contemporary world is experiencing a fundamental change in information generation and dissemination. Learning institutions across the world, including in Jordan appreciate this transition hence the adoption of e-learning. The study’s participants indicated that e-learning added more value to students than traditional learning. They indicated, though, that e-learning can work best if blended with other modes of learning.

Nguyen, Tuan. "The effectiveness of online learning: Beyond no significant difference and future horizons." MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching 11.2 (2015): 309-319.

In this article, Nguyen attempts to establish if online learning is already surpassing the ‘no significant difference’ mark in comparison to traditional education. Apparently, numerous studies investigating the differences between online and traditional learning in the past reported that no statistically significant difference between online and traditional learning. Thus, in 2015, Nguyen wanted to find if this was still the case. While the author found that the two were still comparable, he believes that there is more to online learning, which researchers have brought out. Thus, he urges the research community to move past the ‘no significant difference’ mark and bring out other aspects of online learning that will place it above traditional learning.

Kirtman, Lisa. "Online versus in-class courses: An examination of differences in learning outcomes." Issues in Teacher Education 18.2 (2009): 103.

Ni, Anna Ya. "Comparing the effectiveness of classroom and online learning: Teaching research methods." Journal of Public Affairs Education (2013): 199-215.

This journal article reports the findings of a study in which the author sought to find out how teaching research methods in the area of public administration online differs from doing the same in a traditional classroom. The same instructor did both the online and the classroom instruction. At the tail end of the study, the researcher found out that the mode of instruction has little impact on the grades of learners. That is, both online and classroom students scored comparably. However, the researcher also found out that beyond grades, online learning was superior. Online learners, according to the study, were more active in terms of participation, as the virtual environment was less intimidating, enabling them to interact more with the tutor and fellow students, and thus heightening the quality of the learner-instructor interaction.

Radović-Marković, Mirjana. "Advantages and disadvantages of e-learning in comparison to traditional forms of learning." OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PETROŞANI~ ECONOMICS~(2010): 289.

This article focuses on delineating the advantages of online learning over classroom learning. The author discusses several advantages, among them bringing together all sorts learning materials in one place, improving communication between learners and instructors, improving traditional learning, and offering learning that suits the exact needs of students and accommodates their pace of learning. With these advantages, the author, an educator by profession, envisions a time when online education will become dominant, albeit not replacing traditional classrooms entirely.

Rashty, David. "Traditional learning vs. eLearning." Dostopno na (1999). Retrieved from http://click4it.org/images/f/f5/Traditional_Learning_vs_eLearning.pdf

The article brings a historical aspect to the discourse about online education versus classroom education. It brings a historical because firstly, it is slightly dated and secondly, it was published at a time when online education just picking up pace. The author explores a number of issues surrounding the subject of discussion and arrives at the conclusion that online learning is superior because based on the findings of his study, online learning beats traditional classroom education in aspects such as participation in discussions, diversity of learning processes, participation in deciding the subject matter, and level of motivation among several others. With online learning emerging superior in the majority of learning aspects, it follows naturally that it is superior to traditional classroom leaning as established by this author.

Wong, Wai Kit, and Poh Kiat Ng. "An Empirical Study on E-Learning versus Traditional Learning among Electronics Engineering Students." American Journal of Applied Science13.6 (2016): 836-844.

This article documents the processes and outcomes of a study that investigated the differences between e-learning and traditional learning among electronics engineering students in Malaysia. The outcomes of e-leaners differed notably with the outcomes of traditional classroom learners in the sense that they demonstrated that they could do better and were more agreeable in a quiz they were given after completing a particular module in the course. The study’s findings suggest that e-learning is efficacious in electronic engineering in comparison to traditional classroom learning. The author, however, cautions that more analyses are necessary to authenticate this study’s findings.