Answer to Question #203665 in English for ILyas Khan

Question

Q1. Every learning individual wants to have exciting academic settings for effective learning environment. What do you feel that the current ways educational setting fulfills of effective learning need of 21st century students. 

Your task is to write a five paragraph ‘argumentative’ essay of 450-words to support your position with specific reasons and examples.

Assessment Rubric for Essay Writing Task:

a. Brainstorming: 5 marks

b. Structure: Content / Relevance: 5 marks

c. Language: Cohesion, Coherence and Accuracy: 3 marks

d. Topic Sentence: 2 mark

Answer 1

Educational Setting For Effective Learning

Technology through e learning has created a very good platform for students all the world to interact with uniform sources of learning where there is no physical or lingual discrimination. Technology in education is paramount in facilitating ease of getting information, learning tools and materials hence equality and uniformity in uptake of quality knowledge hence economic and social development. Students from areas where physical learning maybe impossible due to insecurity, lack of learning facilities or due to high cost of accessing learning institutions tend to get the same quality of education as the other privileged and this helps create a society where there is no information asymmetry.

Asynchronous was conventionally impossible but with technology all now is a reality as students can now learn at their own pace and convenience. This has helped meet needs and wants of students with different learning abilities. Students can access the wide range of learning materials with no fixed timeline and this makes follow-up questions by students really easy as it's just a byte away. Students across the world are able to experience diversity and multiculturalism which helps shape the behavior of our societies as students tend to emulate the best practices and value diversity in terms of color, race and religion.

Employment of technology in educational set up help boast individually tailored learning as a large quota of students have different and special demands and having a tailor-made learning will help them get the right education based on their future aspirations and interest. Students with special needs are also able to get a specialized learning that helps them match able students without struggling with 'one fit all' model. Students who are physically disabled and maybe not able to get access to a classroom set up have a reason to smile with invention of technology as now the level playing ground of engagement has enabled a same shot at it like just any other students globally.

Online learning has helped promote self-esteem among students as there is no stigma from other students who may consider them slow learners or not good enough. Learners can get themselves the lesson of interest and focus on it as they are self motivated. Use of video in learning remove the issue of boredom and help in memorizing through doing and critical thinking rather than cramming . This way of learning through graphics and videos have over time proven the best way of acquiring knowledge as students mind tend to create a memory palace in a mind and it becomes easy to retrieve.

While technology maybe seen as a threat to societal morals and association on a human level, integration of technology in education brings about a new way of students interaction and engagement with learning materials. through this confinement of education to a classroom walls is a thing of the past as students can learn and fetch information from YouTube and other social media platforms which has extensive range of learning areas.