Responses to The Web Destroys the Quality of Students Research Papers

Responses to 'The Web Destroys the Quality of Students' Research Papers'There's an article circulating the web called 'The Web Destroys the Quality of Students' Research Papers.' The writer is not an academic, and the purpose is to encourage folks who are in the midst of writing their first research paper, or indeed any other type of paper, to avoid going online. The writer isn't concerned about the quality of the research paper; in fact, the writer is so sure that online is a waste of time that he wants to destroy the writer's livelihood. Okay, he isn't quite that far gone.James Bengio is one of the more respected pioneers in the field of online education. He is the author of several research papers that have won the highest award in the field: the Ateneo de Manila University Press Prize. As for his article, he points out two issues that are important to us now: the use of computers for studying, and how the web destroys the quality of students' research papers.Using computers for r esearch and writing has been a standard practice since the mid-20th century, and computers have made good student's performance. The introduction of computers to education enabled scholars to carry out their research more efficiently and it became possible to produce more output in less time. As long as they knew how to use the computer properly, everyone could be on top of their research and teach more effectively.But the issue is that online technology tends to distort the student's voice. Many students learn to write online because they don't want to meet face-to-face with other writers. By the same token many professors won't consider online writing because they think that their students would be better off writing their own research papers, which tend to come off badly online.Many students go online because they want to maximize their efficiency. They want to work at home when they have schoolwork to do. It doesn't take much to accomplish that, and the Internet has changed ever ything. For some students, it means that they can start studying a good amount earlier than they could in the past.Since so many students study online, the quality of their research papers is far lower than it would be otherwise. All the hours they're spending working online for example, could be better spent doing the coursework, getting better grades, and then getting to submit their research papers to journals. Now that is what an online student would have to sacrifice in order to be able to get to their destination faster. That's a problem.We need to think about the future generations. If this trend continues, we'll be running out of people to educate, and we'll be sending them off to college unprepared for anything and everything they're supposed to know.