Why Shy Learners Enjoy Advantages Of Online Classes

If you’re not the kind of person who likes to raise your hand and "grab the spotlight" in a traditional classroom (particularly a large one), you’ll find anonymity to be one of the real advantages of online classes

Let’s say you’re not great at thinking on your feet. In an online class, you’ll have the opportunity to think carefully about you question or comment, and submit it to the professor via email (you also have the opportunity to get a discussion started on an idea virtually any time). In an online class, the interaction between students and teachers doesn’t stop when the “classroom” or “synchronous” session is over.

Some education professionals actually say that the ability of students to “strike up a conversation” with the professor by e-mail whenever an idea strikes them is one of the top advantages of online training. Professors in some schools have said they actually get to know students better in an online class than a traditional course because of this “lower pressure” environment for communication.

Shy learners who aren’t likely to raise their hands in a big lecture hall full of students will find that the ability to respond in their own time is one of the top advantages of online classes.

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