I don't think so, online forums only work for those who participate, and actually read the posts, and can take along time to do so, just look at this list as an example.
In the class room an instructor can call on students that aren't actively participating in the current topic, and everybody hears what is going on, including the tone of the speaker. Things you just can't do online, yet. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:36 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: employer perception of online education > > which may boil down to this -- the part of college I like least and am > the least good at, is showing up on campus and chitchatting with > people. Some discussion classes are fun and that's fine, but even they > can be done online through a forum, if the forum is run right. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224648 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
