Several Misconceptions About Online Education

Abstract

With the development of information technology, the term "online education" has become a household word, but the understanding of online education is not very clear. As a mode of education, online education has been widely concerned by educators and society. There have always been two main schools. One is advocating online education, believing that online education can complete educational teaching activities and achieve educational goals. The other holds that the network is only a technical means and transmission tool, which lacks the support of educational theories and cannot achieve an educational goal, while a correct understanding of it is the premise for the successful development of online education. It is of far-reaching significance for the development of online education to find out the misconceptions of online education and summarize the influencing factors of online education. Keywords—online education; network teaching platform; online course; online learning