>> impersonal intranet class room. curious comment... is the Internet in general "impersonal"?
or is that a gap in how educational programming is delivered? >> With an on-line class, the student is completely on their >> honor to "attend" the class: <just curious for the discussion> How does that contrast a classroom? plus same question as above. or is that a gap in how educational programming is delivered? Eric -----Original Message----- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 28, 2004 4:51 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Online Universities I do know people who agree with Ian though. Certain discussion classes are probably better taken at bricks and mortar classrooms, and probably extroverts learn better that way? Dana I'm glad, because I agree with you as well Dana. I think on-line classes are great, if you have the discipline to get the most out of them. It's not the nature of the class that can be the problem; it is the nature of the student. With an on-line class, the student is completely on their honor to "attend" the class: by logging in to the discussions as required, to complete the work, to engage the instructor. There is great opportunity in these types of classes to suck a lot of learning out of the class, but with great opportunity comes great responsibility. Especially with a full semester classes there is a long time that a student must stay focused and dedicated to the work and not get distracted or procrastinate. The basic point is that with an on-line course the student is relying almost entirely on their own desire and commitment to complete the class with very little outside motivation and direct support. In my experience, there is often great indirect support from the schools and staffs. Just something about it being a little harder to slide on attendance at a brick and mortar classroom then the somewhat impersonal intranet class room. But, that is me. For others it is completely different. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete any copies of this message. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=35 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:133421 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
