Forum title : online learning

L e c t u r e r : Thank you to miss chairperson.

Online learning is other option for students to improve their
knowledge. As a lecturer, I also encourage my students to
learn English by online. For instance, I suggest them to surf My
LinE website. For your information, this
websiteprovides additional resources for learning in Engli
sh for academic andprofessional purposes. Besides that, it
does also provide a platform for self-access interactive learning.
The learning process will be more attractive and interesting instead of
learning in class. There are many activities provided in this website.
The most attracted me is the student forum site. This is a
placefor sharing of experience and ideas as students in a
university. They canexpress their views and opinions on academic
and non-academic issues, seek assistance or they can communicate
with other fellow students. The other oneis Correct My English site.
This is a platform where students can post a short text that has written
and other users could help correct the text. I believe that this is one of
the affective ways of learning but yes, there will be pro and cons. It
depends on the students to decide.

Chairperson: Well, from what Prof Norhary an

mentioned just now, for every good thing there
must be a bad thing on it. The same thing goes for online
learning. What do you think about the negative impact of Online
Learning Dr.?

c o u n s e l o r : The disadvantage of online learning is

lack of interaction you will get with classmates and instructor. For
example, in the class, students have a change
tospeaking in class presentation and discussion and give t
heir own opinionclearly. But in online learning, student just can sit
at the front of the laptop,type their opinion and wait the answer.The second
disadvantage is missing outnon-verbal communication. As we know, non-
verbal communication
is veryimportant than verbal communication. Non-verbal com
munication is alsoknow as body language which refer to,
among other things, gestures people make while speaking, eye
contacts and the way they stands. In online learning students just can
communicate as actual words. Lastly, In order to succeed at online
learning, you have to have some specific skills. You have to be
self-motivated, responsible for your own learning and have good time
management skills. If you don't have those skills, traditional classes
may be a better choice for you.
Chairperson: Back to Pn Nor Awaathif, what do you think
the benefit that your children can get from the online learning?

Mother:The online learning that my children join was very

interesting one. I did not mean to over promoting this online learning
but this is the real thing that my children told me. One of my children
said that she got what she did not get in class. Sheadded more that in
this program she could test her understanding whether by discussion
or a short quiz provided there. Furthermore, over 75% of colleges and
universities in the U.S offer online degree programs, with online
degreesrespected as on the ground degrees. (Lew is).
If this program is notconventional, why the big country
willing to take the risk? There must be areason of success behind
it. Just think about it.

Chairperson: Prof Norharyan, could you please tell us what is the

different between student who practice online learning and who are
not?

L e c t u r e r : There are different between the

students who practice online learning and who are not. For my
students who are practice online learning, they have improved a
lot. Thats why I ask all of my students practice online learning. This
is compulsory for them and extra credits will be given. I would
like to advise all of the students to take this opportunity to improve
their knowledge not only in English but in all fields of study. Please use
the technology for good purposes that will give benefits to you,
especially in your study

Chairperson: Back to Hajah Sanita, where do you heard

about this online learning and how it give impacts to your
academic achievement?

Student: In the university I becom e more interested

in online learning since i realize d there are plenty of
advantages for me. I was introduced to online learning through
my friends. They shared with me all the online websites learning such
as wikipedia, portal pendidikan utusan, myline online
resources for learning in English and many more. Furthermore, my
lecturers also advised us to find additional informations through the
websites that are linked to our subjects. Since the lecturers also are
using technology so they give the links where
weshould refer to. The websites help us to gain more kno
wledge by surfinginternet. This additional information is
important because the contents I get from the reference books, lecture
notes and text book are not enough. There are too many
assignments I have to do. However all of them are grouping
activities. Sometimes, my friends and I share the online web learning whenever
and wherever we want to. In this group discussion, we will
discuss what we find and we gathered all together. We will
make hard copy for each of
us.Finally we can use it as our references in our preparat
ion towards finalexamination. My parent and family also
supported me in this way of learning. As I cannot access internet at
home due to no wireless connection, my parents bought a broadband
for me. So from the sources, now I can easily continue using online
learning. Thats all from me. Thank you.
Chairperson: Congratula tion, Hajah Sanita. Now
we know that online learning is
proven to boost everyone knowledge. Finally we have come to t
he end of our forum for tonight where we have shared a lot of
knowledge which we dont even know before. Online learning
is build up with the modern technology nowadays. Besidesthe good
things there is also bad thing. So it is everyone right to choose. For the
lastword from me, I would like to thank again to all ladies and
gentlemen for tonightand also to our panels. A billion thank I
dedicate to everyone for cheering up thisforum for tonight. See you
again for next week on the other issue.