The Memorable Online Learning Experience
To be honest, before EDCI 339 course, I didn’t have much experience taking online courses. Therefore, when it comes to online lessons, it may be traced back to high school. As an international student, if you want to apply for a foreign university；Having a qualified IELTS （International English Language Testing System）score is an important condition. So, during the summer vacation, I applied for an online course about IELTS at an educational institution. The name of this educational institution is Global Education. This is a learning institution for students who need to study abroad. It offers both online teaching and face-to-face teaching. I participated in a 3-month IELTS promotion course. In this online course, there are 6 students and 3 teachers. We need synchronous video teaching. The teachers and students need to be online at the same time. Teachers asked us questions through video chat. Students need to go online at regular times to listen to classes together. We also take small exams randomly online. For example, the spoken mock test, where a teacher randomly issues a question, and students need to complete the speaking test online in their own language. Of course, the teacher will also leave homework for us, we need to upload the homework before the deadline.
Videos of IELTS listening
Connections to Course
After learning about technology in education this week. I can see that the online lesson I was studying was a live and synchronous course. Teachers and students need to communicate face to face through video at the same time. Although the time is fixed, the learning location is not fixed and changeable. I think this kind of education method is more efficient, students can ask questions in video chat anytime, anywhere, and can get the teacher’s response in time. compared to asynchronous education, the online course I took was lack of flexibility in time.（7.6 The time and space dimensions of media ）In addition, our teacher will also upload some recorded video files to help us learn. For example, some high-score students’ simulated speaking test dialogue scenes；Some excellent writing articles; mock recordings of listening tests; and some pictures of writing article frames. So the teacher combined a lot of media and technology through education.（7.3 Media or technology?）
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