Debate: E-Learning - educational norm in COVID times
Side: Oppose

Dr.Rachel 2021 A OpposeI would like to bring few points to support my opposition to E-Learning, as I strongly oppose E-Learning1.Lack Practical Training & AssessmentStudents lack the skill development in the practical sessions and as facilitators it would be difficult to assess them.William Harvey quoted “I profess to learn and to teach anatomy not from books but from dissections, not from the tenets of Philosophers but from the fabric of Nature.” If the learners cannot perform practicals they cant become skilled and assessing them will be just for namesake and it becomes injustice to the learners.2. Platform for unfaithfulnessThe students actually are preferring the online classes where video is unable.this itself shows the unfaithfulness of them.Cheating becomes habituated to them if the E-Learning goes on for a longer duration3. Network IssuesOne more yet the most important disadvantage of the E-learning.The students stay in urban areas, sub-urban areas and rural areas.The network in rural areas is very weak and the learners cant attend the classes regularly.4. FinancesAll are not at the same at their socio-economical status. This is the factor which will allow a student with knowledge but due to lack of facilities because of their financial status may not get all the benefits by E-Learning.5. Teacher Student BondingThe Facilitator helps the learner by encouraging in the academics and also by giving emotional support. this bonding is important for academically and emotionally weak students, but because of E-Learning the bonding doesn't even develop.6. Eye to Eye Contact"Education is not Filling a Pot but Lighting of Fire" - W.B.YeatsE-learning helps to fill the mind but it doesn't make the learner to get that enthusiasm when taught through an eye to eye contact lectures/practicals/bed side teaching. This creates the Lacuna of Bonding between teacher and student.7. Lack of Student Community.After a very long lectures and 2 hours long dissection, learners want to take a break and relax for a time, this increases bonding between their peers, seniors making them a student community, which helps to decrease their stress.But.... as there is no student community no interaction between them as they are isolated and no communication develops.8. DistractionAs we are in COVID times.......Many of the families shifted from urban to rural areas..Now the families are loaded with members of all ages....The Distraction Factor can come from anyone parents, siblings, sibling's kids, friends of other branches...list goes on, and the learner can't give his total concentration on the E-Learning.9. Social IsolationThis factor is for those students who are over enthusiastic.The E-Learning methods currently practiced in education tend to make participating students undergo contemplation, remoteness and a lack of interaction. As a result, many of the students and teachers who inevitably spend much of their time online can start experiencing signs of social isolation, due to the lack of human communication in their lives. 10. DisciplineIf you can learn anytime and anywhere, it is so easy to procrastinate (Postpone).Though the lectures are going Online there is a option for recording the program, this creates a subconscious desire to neglect the live class and listen to the recorded classes... which decreases the Discipline, enthusiasm in a student.11.Non-Verbal CommunicationIn a Traditional Lecture class we ask questions randomly and one of the students when answers the correct answer, our facial expressions our thumbs up and our applause count a lot to the students which totally lack in E-learning.12. Risk of losing classroom structure in online classroomThe class room of 100 -150 is the biggest platform where the bonding roots between teacher and student develops. The discussions between the peers will suddenly shuts as the teacher enters... but now through E-Learning as the students always off their videos we don't know what are they doing.