ONLINE LEARNING MATERIAL

By the time, the globalization affects so many aspects in this world. One of them is the development of technology. It has some benefits which can help us doing our task easier. It opens the world wider than before. It gives us more chance to access the information all over the world. This technological development also affects the education. Computer is not only used as the type writer but also can be used as the online learning material. Of course, in every case, it has advantages and disadvantages. They will be explained here.
There are so many advantages we can gain through online learning material. One of the advantages is we as the students are easier to get the information faster than before. As we know, the print out such books or newspaper just can be gotten in a certain time. By the technological support, the students have not to wait anymore to get the source to write an essay. We can access the information we need every time we want. Some schools and public areas are now supported by the wireless network. So, in every time, we can open our mind by browsing more information which is not limited in our school even our country. We can discuss with the students of the United States without going to US. It can enrich our referential theory not only stuck in one book but also from another world’s expert without need more money to buy.
We can learn more as what we need and based on our own achievement capacity. We all consider that people are not the same. There are some of them who are satisfied of what they got in the class. Besides, there are also some others who want to know more and more. And by the online learning material, we can browse more as fast as possible. In another case, for who are not understand enough about the material taught in the class, they can look for more explanation from other sources that can help them to understand through the online material.
Besides, the online material also has some disadvantages. One of them is not all the sources are valid. This is because all the people can write anything in the internet while no one knows who they are. Some of the students usually do this error. They just browse from the internet without considering who the writer is. It can give the students the material which is not in line with the teachers’ explanation.
At last, I can conclude that online learning material can give us so many advantages to support our study. It is easier, faster, and cheaper than the offline material. It gives us a chance to open our mind wider than before. But in browsing the online learning material, we should be careful because there are some not valid sources. Therefore, we should be smart in using this kind of learning material so that we will not be trapped by the not valid sources.