ONLINE LEARNING CAUSE AND EFFECT

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ONLINE LEARNING: CAUSE AND EFFECT
Introduction:
Due to the development of education and high technology, online learning is
becoming more popular in scholarly regardless of developing or developed
countries. Online learning, which uses special media, technology equipment, or
electronic devices while teaching and studying, is now applied widely in different
educational methods. This essay provides information about the reasons that cause
online learning and its effect on individuals.
Causes
Online learning has been widely accepted and practiced throughout the world, so
there must be reasons for the popularity of online learning. Firstly, online learning
saves up a lot of time for both lecturers and students. Lecturers can save and divide
information into various categories then upload it on social media or study apps,
which means that they do not need to rewrite the information again and students can
review it anytime or anywhere. Students can save time not to make any special
appointment with tutors and meet them physically for revision as they prefer reread
lessons several times by using technology equipment or using social media to ask
teachers for explanations. Moreover, some students are afraid to approach teachers
physically; hence, online learning is caused to solve these problems and make
learning more convenient. Secondly, in some special situations such as pandemics
or wars, online learning is the only possible way to maintain knowledge. For
example, the COVID-19 epidemic, which has distanced the world society for several
months, is the main cause of online learning as society is stagnated completely and
online learning is the only option that can continue the study process in the socialdistancing situation. In short, the convenience and saving time are the main reasons
that cause online learning and make it develop into a popular educational method;
however, some cases are force majeure and online learning is the only available
solution.
Positive and negative effects
The positive and negative effects of online learning on different individuals' learning

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are always debated. One of the reasons for online learning is convenience, so its
convenience and flexibility are its top advantages. Students can study anytime and
anywhere that they feel best suits their routine; moreover, online learning also
significantly reduces costs for some specific subjects that do not require physical
interaction as facilities and other services requiring high costs can be eliminated. On
the other hand, online learning has negative impacts on learners in the teacherlearning

interaction

aspect.

Some

special

courses

require

face-to-face

communication such as soft-skills classes, phonetics, and group-working classes,
then students may challenge academic issues as teachers cannot perform their roles
effectively. Furthermore, online learning can form a lazy studying habit for students
as teachers can not directly monitor all students successfully; students’ selfawareness in studying decreases because there is too much distraction such as
social networking sites and smartphones or televisions. Hence, although online
learning has outstanding pros, its negative effects need to be considered.

Conclusion
In conclusion, people have acquired skills in handling technology tools so online
learning has a chance to help people with improving intellectual capacity. Online
learning helps people increase the ability to gain knowledge due to various reasons
and its effects are related to individuals, so each person should consider choosing
for themselves the most appropriate educational method.