Giving lectures in auditoriums to large numbers of students

is an old way of teaching. With the technology available

today there is no justification for it, and everything should

be done online. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Give your own opinion.

It is argued that teaching in lecture halls to large numbers of students is

outdated and that instead, these should take place exclusively on the internet.
This essay disagrees with the above statement. The essay will first discuss
how interaction between students and teachers is essential to the learning
process, followed by a discussion of how demotivating learning online can be.
Learning via computer may be convenient, but it stops students and teachers
actually talking to each other about their subject. Pupils need to ask the
teacher questions in order to fully understand the material and they also need
to talk about the topic to help them remember and fully understand it. For
example, the School of Law at Queen’s University allows students to question
the professor at the end of each lecture and then they have a seminar in which
learners can debate each topic, resulting in some of the best exam results in
the UK.
Presenting lectures solely online also presents the problem of students not
being motivated to watch them. It would be very difficult to know who actually
viewed the lecture and if students know this, it is likely to result in more
people not watching and not being fully prepared for the exam at the end of
the course. For instance, Udemy, the online learning company, found that only
12% of people who purchased their online courses actually watched all the
videos and completed the online tasks, principally due to lack of supervision.
In conclusion, exclusively online lectures are a bad idea because they do not
allow face-to-face communication and they can lead to a drop-off in student
attendance.