Drawbacks of face to face teaching:
Harder to retrieve and recall teaching content.
Impracticality of bringing together different media
Too much paper. Problems keeping paper records
Less involvement with community & parents
More limited teaching content
Difficulty in accessing and sharing resources
Lack of learning contexts.
Time consuming drawings charts etc
Lack of asynchronous communication
Drawbacks to VLEs:
Lack of flexibility for teaching
Production of simple question types/ assessment tools
Need for thorough forward planning
Systems can be slow, and disruptive
Specialist training for teacher
Compatibility issues with existing websites
Time consuming to implement
Expense of technical support
Design limitations, lack of flexibility
Lack of support and encouragement compared with face to face
Dear Pauline,
ReplyDeleteHaving explored similarities/differences advantages/disadvantages of VLEs/face-to-face, do you have a preference?
I'm a social learner and often wonder if I would find the MA by being present in a classroom - the live experience as opposed to the virtual.
Asif