How Online Learning Is Like Babysitting - Edudemic | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

It's no secret that online learning is time-consuming and very tough for many students. It's actually not unlike babysitting a three year old!

 

All day long, as you attempt to carry on with the rest of your life it interrupts what you are doing and tosses toys at you and needs to be fed. It may play quietly for a few minutes, but only temporarily. As soon as you try to put it down for a nap, it starts wailing uncontrollably. And at night, when you have checked in on it for what you swear will be the last time and are quietly tip-toeing away so that you can have a few moments to yourself before you too must get some sleep, it jumps up again and asks for a glass of water. Or says it has to go to the bathroom. Or follows you to wherever you are and just stands there staring at you.