Ankita Agarwal
8:24 AM (7 minutes ago)
to kdude37
Some universities now offer their courses on the Internet so that people can study online.
Is this a positive or negative development?
Currently there is a contentious argument whether the trend of universities offering online courses is a positive development or not. In the following contemplation I will explain why I believe it to be a negative development.
Universities offer online courses so that they do not need to invest in infrastructure and transportation. Universities benefit from internet courses as most of the student fees remain a profit. Students rarely benefit from such courses because they lack any practical knowledge related to such courses. Since most online programs are focused on theoretical lectures so students are not able to gain any practical skills. For instance, research states that dental students who attended hands-on training proved to be more skilled than dentists who learned from online courses. Skill based courses like dentistry, cooking, art-making, baking cannot be learned by viewing videos online unless hands-on training is given to the students on a regular basis.
On the contrary, other people believe that online courses are better as now people can benefit from professional degrees globally without wasting time and money on travel. However, I disagree with this viewpoint. When students attend actual classes, they meet like minded people whom they interact with on a daily basis. Therefore, they make professional connections and develop professionally and personally. For instance, the job market in Canada gives huge importance to professional references and recommendations from colleagues already working in the corporate sector. This highlights the importance of making friends in professional life which is not possible through online courses.
In conclusion, I reiterate that the growing trend of internet courses is a waste of time and money. Students should opt for actual classes where they would make professional connections and gain practical experience along with their classmates.
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 9, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...erience along with their classmates.
^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
however, if, so, therefore, for instance, in conclusion, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 13.1623246493 84% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 7.85571142285 76% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 10.4138276553 77% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 7.30460921844 137% => OK
Pronoun: 18.0 24.0651302605 75% => OK
Preposition: 39.0 41.998997996 93% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 8.3376753507 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1645.0 1615.20841683 102% => OK
No of words: 290.0 315.596192385 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.6724137931 5.12529762239 111% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.12666770723 4.20363070211 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.02345370312 2.80592935109 108% => OK
Unique words: 169.0 176.041082164 96% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.58275862069 0.561755894193 104% => OK
syllable_count: 505.8 506.74238477 100% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 20.2975951904 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 35.2069218159 49.4020404114 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.8125 106.682146367 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.125 20.7667163134 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.5 7.06120827912 64% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 3.9879759519 150% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.205440024947 0.244688304435 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0722273639288 0.084324248473 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.063688386764 0.0667982634062 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.125622539168 0.151304729494 83% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0453370711286 0.056905535591 80% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.3 13.0946893788 109% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 44.75 50.2224549098 89% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.3001002004 102% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.31 12.4159519038 123% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.16 8.58950901804 107% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 78.4519038076 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 9.78957915832 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.1190380762 91% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 9, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...erience along with their classmates.
^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
however, if, so, therefore, for instance, in conclusion, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 13.1623246493 84% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 7.85571142285 76% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 10.4138276553 77% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 7.30460921844 137% => OK
Pronoun: 18.0 24.0651302605 75% => OK
Preposition: 39.0 41.998997996 93% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 8.3376753507 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1645.0 1615.20841683 102% => OK
No of words: 290.0 315.596192385 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.6724137931 5.12529762239 111% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.12666770723 4.20363070211 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.02345370312 2.80592935109 108% => OK
Unique words: 169.0 176.041082164 96% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.58275862069 0.561755894193 104% => OK
syllable_count: 505.8 506.74238477 100% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 20.2975951904 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 35.2069218159 49.4020404114 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.8125 106.682146367 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.125 20.7667163134 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.5 7.06120827912 64% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 3.9879759519 150% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.205440024947 0.244688304435 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0722273639288 0.084324248473 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.063688386764 0.0667982634062 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.125622539168 0.151304729494 83% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0453370711286 0.056905535591 80% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.3 13.0946893788 109% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 44.75 50.2224549098 89% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.3001002004 102% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.31 12.4159519038 123% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.16 8.58950901804 107% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 78.4519038076 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 9.78957915832 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.1190380762 91% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.