Distance Education

Although online learning or distance education is very useful, it is not the one for me. Because it needs students who are independent, time- manager, and responsible person.In addition, I prefer face-to- face education because I believe that the connection between the instructor and the students is better than distance education in a way of building relationship. On the other hand, there are some people also find it better , especially for those who have low self- esteem and shy people. Another thing is that i found it more difficult than traditional one because i think it is hard to expailn some issues that i do not understand through distance. So, i will stay with traditional education

Cognitive Overload

Have you ever sat in a class and been totally overwhelmed by all the new information, technology and esoteric vocabulary? Have you been so frustrated you just wanted to get up and walk out? If so, then you have suffered from cognitive overload.There are , however, some strategies to reduce it. In addition, thank God that now I have the best instructors who know when to stop and when to continue. :) ;)

Meaningful Learning

Unfortunately, students in Saudi Arabia depending on memorization rather than understading the content of their books , regardless the international schools. So, that is why education in K.S.A is poor. Understading and discussing will make the information remain in the long term memory. While memorizing will just remain it in the short- term memory. If you want to test what I said, try to memorize the information for a test, and see if you would remember it after the test. would you be able to remember it after one day pass or not? So, this is a [problem that we have here. To solve it, we have first to make sure that the teachers are well- trained in teaching. So, Meaningful learning (understanding) is better than Rote learning (memorization and remembering). Actually, remembering is the first step in the Meaningful Learning; so it important too. So, I hope for the next years, education in Saudi Arabia will be improved. (I'm just hoping )