Students Suffer Intellectually in Online Writing Classes

Students Suffer Intellectually in Online Writing Classes

Jessica E. Miner

University of Maryland University College

With over 25 years of personal experience in teaching writing classes, Kate Kiefer, examines the answer to “Do Students Loose More Than They Gain in Online Writing Classes” with her argumentative essay. With writing this argumentative essay, Kiefer, believes that students of online writing classes can complete an online writing course with little understanding of the complete writing process because students of online classes are hindered by only having textual interactions. Kiefer gives many first hand experiences and examples that students are ultimately losing out on intellectual opportunities when it comes to taking online writing classes. I believe that students of online writing classes suffer intellectually because of faulty learning mediums, student obligations and the lack of student interactions.

Within the article, “Do Students Loose More Than They Gain in Online Writing Classes” the author, Kate Kiefer, discusses many valid points that are both for and against this argument. Kiefer is a writing professor that has over twenty five years of experience teaching. She has taught writing classes to students face to face, in hybrid classes (both online and in class room setting) and online. Within the essay Kiefer mentions the differences between online and in class mediums. She gives firsthand knowledge on both accounts. Kiefer also gives accounts of how students of upper education levels have many other obligations besides education that effect online and in classroom learning. Kiefer accounts that students of writing classes, in general, want feedback on their writing from her as a professor. In online classes and in the classroom, Kiefer encourages peer discussions and reviews of writing that help students learn the entire writing process.

Kiefer is writing this article to present her argument that...