Well, there are many opinions that I can think of first. The one that comes to my first is my opinion about online learning. To tell you a little bit about this, it appears to me, this happened during the COVID-19 pandemic when school and university had to switch on online classes. You know, to give more detail before that, I strongly believe that learning were ineffective and could never be as good as traditional class from learning. What I’m trying to say is that I told the students would easily get distracted and would not be able to learn how much how much growth the scene right now the reason why I change this opinion it does my actual appearance turned out to be very different from what I have expected what I’m trying to say it does after a few months of studying online right I gradually begin to find out that it has many advantages a big part of the reason goes to the fact that online learning allows me to look up information is thoughtfully realized recorded lecture right and you know manage my study schedule more flexibility. I also didn’t have to travel to school every day which saved me a lot of time and energy. Other result, I became more independent and learned how to manage my time effectively. In fact, online learning totally changed my mind when it came to the role of technology in education, right? I wouldn’t say it’s better than traditional learning but I now believe that both methods can work well if they are used properly.
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Well, there are many opinions that I can think of. The one that comes to my mind first is my opinion about online learning. To tell you a little bit about this, this happened during the COVID-19 pandemic when schools and universities had to switch to online classes. To give more detail, before that, I strongly believed that online learning was ineffective and could never be as good as traditional classroom learning. What I'm trying to say is that I thought students would easily get distracted and would not be able to learn as much. The reason why I changed this opinion is that my actual experience turned out to be very different from what I had expected. After a few months of studying online, I gradually began to find out that it has many advantages. A big part of the reason goes to the fact that online learning allows me to look up information, access recorded lectures, and manage my study schedule with more flexibility. I also didn't have to travel to school every day, which saved me a lot of time and energy. As a result, I became more independent and learned how to manage my time effectively. In fact, online learning totally changed my mind when it came to the role of technology in education. I wouldn't say it's better than traditional learning, but I now believe that both methods can work well if they are used properly.
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