Lazy lye ins and school work in bed aren't the only advantages of distance learning, despite the setbacks it could bring. Students can take ownership of their learning and come back to school more independent and confident than ever before! This may be the light at the end of this tunnel - the chance to learn something new about your education.
A way students, including me, can take ownership over their learning is through understanding how they learn. Figuring out what times of the day you work best at and with what resources; maybe you work best with other people out loud rather than individually in silent. With the power of experimenting with what works for you, you will eventually work more efficiently and effectively. Furthermore, this independence is a long-term achievement as it teaches responsibility and self-discipline, these are important skills to have as you're growing up into the employment world. Furthermore, this could also be a benefit for teachers as they can use this spare time to mark work without the pressure of time limits and give real-time feedback with is more thorough.
However, this may work better for pro-school subcultures, with anti-school subcultures possibly being worse-off due to being unmotivated. Some students of either subculture may not even have the skills to self-direct and will struggle during this period of e-learning. As well as this, students may not properly understand the content and what they are asked to do, teachers can't get a true sense if they did or not and whether they're engaged in their tasks.
Julia Bulkowska
