Blog Post #8 : Informal Learning

Paper-based mediated instructional methods remain popular despite the widespread availability of computer-based instruction for several reasons. Paper-based methods are cheaper to provide to a large mass of students.  Computer based instruction is much more expensive compared to paper-based methods. Supplying elementary and middle school students would require constant maintenance and updates. Support costs, as well as hardware and software costs, would be much more expensive for schools who already have tight budgets. Paper-based methods have remain popular because that has been the norm for so long. It would be hard to integrate an entirely new way of learning and teaching into the school systems. Training teachers would be a very painstaking task and as mentioned before, IT support costs would be high. These are some of the reasons why I believe paper-based methods will remain popular over computer-based methods.