answering for me alone - the hardest part of college for me was always getting there. Either a kid was sick or the car was down or even when none of that was a factor, I am very easily distracted :P Online classes usually have deadlines too -- but they tend to be on the order of "must be submitted by midnight of the 2nd" as opposed to "must be presented on paper at 8:30 on the third." That little bit of flexibility is useful to me, as is the ability to get ahead in discussions since I can post regardless of the presence of others in the room at the time.
Caveat: The classes I have taken online were in the business/ecommerce/ computer areas. The Native American Philosophy class I took a while back would, I think, have suffered a great deal from an attempt to present it in an online format. Dana On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:52:11 -0500, Eric Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 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:5:133429 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
