Some universities offer online courses as an alternative to classes delivered on campus. Do you think this is a possitive or negative development?

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Some universities offer online courses as an alternative to classes delivered on campus. Do you think this is a possitive or negative development?

Distance learning is substituting conventional teaching and studying in various colleges and universities. Even though this trend is deleterious to a certain extent, I believe that it could be considered positive for some reasons.

On the one hand, e-learning which does not require regular inteaction with teachers in a classroom setting, can be disadvantegeous. Students might fail to receive a comprehensive development as they often hand in their essay or assignments online and rarely consult a teacher for developing their weaknesses. This method of learning can even make some students procrastinate in their tasks, and as a result develop a sense of indiscipline and neglect towards their academic work. By contrast, with the correct guidance and consultation from professional teachers in the classroom, it will be possible for students to pose questions directly and feel responsible for their schoolwork.

On the other hand, virtual learning can be a wondrous alternative for students in their acquisition of knowledge and a degree. The great flexibility offered through such types of courses means that they can access the lessons and manage their own pace of learning, which is convenient for adults or bussinessmen who wish to pursue higher education. Besides, access to all resources of a traditional course is offered which empowers learners to have/freedom of choice over diverse disciplines, from science to economics. This helps to spread knowledge, making education universal and available to all, regarless of backgrounds.

In conclusion, I believe that while there are some drawbacks of courses delivered on websites, online studying method is also a revolutionary mode of learning in contemporary tertiary education systems.

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Average: 7.8 (1 vote)

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, so, while, in conclusion, of course, as a result, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 13.1623246493 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 7.85571142285 89% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 10.4138276553 115% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 19.0 24.0651302605 79% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 41.998997996 88% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 8.3376753507 120% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1495.0 1615.20841683 93% => OK
No of words: 266.0 315.596192385 84% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.62030075188 5.12529762239 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.03850299372 4.20363070211 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.22090072513 2.80592935109 115% => OK
Unique words: 164.0 176.041082164 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.616541353383 0.561755894193 110% => OK
syllable_count: 456.3 506.74238477 90% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.384769539078 0% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 16.0721442886 68% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 24.0 20.2975951904 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 39.2272463921 49.4020404114 79% => OK
Chars per sentence: 135.909090909 106.682146367 127% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.1818181818 20.7667163134 116% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.45454545455 7.06120827912 106% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 8.67935871743 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.14154105248 0.244688304435 58% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0531092990868 0.084324248473 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0393876954551 0.0667982634062 59% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0878148969176 0.151304729494 58% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0288032108254 0.056905535591 51% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.1 13.0946893788 131% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 38.66 50.2224549098 77% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 11.3001002004 122% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.61 12.4159519038 126% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.17 8.58950901804 118% => OK
difficult_words: 90.0 78.4519038076 115% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 9.78957915832 123% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.1190380762 115% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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