*Time

It's actually not hard to understand why online learning has become more popular in recent years. On the one hand, eLearning programs have gained enormous popularity simply because they are so much more practical than conventional face-to-face programs. So, as you mentioned, Harira, it should be more professional to have incredible online classes. I think this course will help us understand how we can use technology in an efficient way in our classes.

Dear Harira, you are right that face to face education is more effective in my perspective too. Yet, sometimes we do not have opportunity of studying F2F. Therefore, it is better to study online. As you are aware of education situation in Afghanistan for female students. They are prohibited to attend their schools and universities. So now the only option they have is to study online. In such cases online education is effective and the only solution to continue education. To study online we need to consider lots of elements and one of those elements is effective time management both for teachers and students.

I believe that social presence in online education can be achieved without consuming lots of time. for instance, it takes a few minutes to put a welcoming message for our students in order to feel their teacher's presence. Also, we can achieve social presence by giving more group work and pair work to our students in order to do the assignments together. In this way, they all work together online and will be more motivated to study and do assignments. At the same time, it gives them the feeling that they are not alone and they can feel each other's presence in online classes.