Pros and Cons of Learning Online: Individual and Society Perspectives

Advantages of Online Learning

What are the pros and cons of learning online from an individual’s and society’s perspectives?

Online Classes has become a burning topic of this era after pandemic and there is a huge dilemma between the prons and cons of virtual education and is it worth switching permanently form offline education. Besides that, online education comes with a hamper of oher crucial problems to a modern day lifestyle.

For instance, changing routines and inbound depressing environment entirely isolated. On the flip side, online classes gave a platform to several new and extraordnary skills in our comfortable environment and provided world a solution for boundary free learning all across the globe connecting thousands of teachers with millions number of students.

It is unarguable that online education has witnessed immense popularity in recent years. While perspectives on the matter of online education remain split, many people believe that it has provided more freedom for students enrolled in online courses.

Management of time is also one of the key considerations as online courses help the students to watch and get access of their desired courses, instead of following a fixed schedule of courses (Lozovoy & Zashchitina, 2019).

To be honest, there are certain disadvantages to taking online classes as well. That is why in this paper we will discuss the pros and cons of online learning through the individual as well as society's perspective.

1 Time Efficient - Management of time is also one of the key considerations as online courses help the students to watch and get access of their desired courses, instead of following a fixed schedule of courses

2 Mental Support – Online Studies result as less hectic for student, with many balancing multiple part-time work, Family duties, and other obligations

3 Sense of Diversity - An individual will frequently expore people from all around the globe as they get to meet their peers through classroom activities, discussion boards, group activities, and participation in class.

 Cons

1 Lack of professionalism – While attending online classes students are not always well dressed and organized.

2 Restricted access – There are many such areas like rural or non-developed areas online classes are not possible to happen. If we think from society point of view.

3 Quality of Study – Online classes are not that efficient as offline classes.