The potential positive effects of the Electronic Classroom are the
convenience of having all the students collaborate and participate
freely on a common lecture.
The positive impacts on the
instructor are
a. Automated role taking
b. Increased question asking
ability
c. The instructor can instantly see what the student is
asking due to the public mark-up of lecture slides
The positive impacts on the students are
a. Asking anonymous questions. No more 'stupid' questions
b.
Each student takes a personalized version of the lecture with them
Other general positive impacts on the classroom as a whole are
a. An overall increase in interactivity
b. Paper is saved
The potentially negative impacts all focus around the ability of
this tool to integrate seamlessly with a classroom. If the tool is
too cumbersome or slow
then the potential positive impacts will be
shadowed by the time wasted with the tool. There is also an issue
with disturbances caused by inappropriate
public markup of the
lecture by students. Also due to this tool being able to allow the
student to essentially be taught from home, there is a chance that
this tool could cause some students to not come to class.
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