Hi all,

Please find underneath an excerpt from a study on the views of students and teachers about online learning. Feel free to comment on them.

I knew very very clearly that the social aspects of online learning are

very very important ... in particular feeling part of a group and being

able to discuss, not regard the medium as just a way of obtaining

information, that I believe is very important.

Học online bao gồm cả yếu tố xã hội, khi chỉ sử dụng trang web là công cụ thu thập thông tin.

I truly believe that the people who didn’t contribute in the discussions

wouldn’t have learnt anything worthwhile because the learning is

through the dialogue whether it is in the portfolio or in the forum. It’s

the work that a student has to do to prepare the contribution to post

online that actually is the learning process for online.

Muốn thực sự học online có hiệu quả thì phải tham gia đóng góp ý kiến đối với các bài đăng trên trang web, tham gia thảo luận, vv.

But the way of online learning really is to read what somebody else

has said and comment on it, and then it’s their turn, your turn and so

on … your peers help you a lot. Sometimes I might not have asked the

right questions but somebody else did and when the tutor or somebody

else answered the question, it was good.

Tham gia bằng cách đọc ý kiến của người khác, có ý kiến của mình, và cứ thế việc học sẽ có hiệu quả.

Written by ELAINE KHOO, MICHAEL FORRET AND BRONWEN COWIE

Faculty of Education University of Waikato