After taking the course EDCI 339, I get to know more about open and distributed learning. Open platform like Twitter may be a good way for education in the future, but for now face-to-face classes may have more advantages compared to online classes. I discussed about the advantages and disadvantages of online learning in my previous posts and I think there are both positive and negative factors in terms of different aspects. There are benefits such as, reducing time and fee for transportation, accessibility and efficiency. With the advanced technology in today’s society, students can easily access to information and websites that they are interested in, it is more likely that they can have a more flexible schedule. However, as a learner, I prefer face-to-face learning. Despite the advanced technology as well as the benefits that open source provides, there are drawbacks such as, students being easily distracted by the environment, students who do not have a great sense of time management may easily get lost during the course as well. When learning online, students cannot get immediate support and feedback, lack of communications between peers is not very helpful at all. I think e-learning can still not achieve the same education level that a classroom-based education achieves.