What online chats/classes demand is that students write...this is essentially what we want our students to do in writing classes, so from this perspective, chats are healthy writing exercises. Gouge puts it like this: "web based writing courses are uniquely situated to generate more--and more text-based participation".
Pros and Cons:
Pros to online courses: For those whom anxiety is a huge barrier like shy students, online work removes that barrier. For those who need the face to face interaction, we can now utilize pod cast videos to interact.
pros to online courses: it engages every student to practice writing constantly and consistently.
cons to online courses: students who are not tech savvy get lost or behind.
pros to online courses: students learn to think quickly and precisely, a skill especially good for interviewing.
cons to online courses: tough to read tone and non verbal cues..not being able to receive an answer to a question immediatley...
Another con: academic honesty (BIG ONE)...perhaps podcast works for this, confirming academic integrity
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