How do this Internet class and the f2f (face-to-face) version differ?
The basic economic concepts do not differ. One type of contrast enters in the media through which these events take place. In a face-to-face class, everyone learns more than people realize from the interaction between student and teacher the voice, the tone, the body language, and spoken words. The students use class time to nail down operating definitions, confirm understandings, and ask questions. That kind of interaction is minimal in an internet class, unless the students meet with the professor in conference. Secondly, the tests for the internet classes will be 100% multiple choice taken on the computer at a proctored site. On campus classes take written exams with a variety of question types, some with partial credit available. In an Internet class, the students nail down operating definitions, confirm understandings and post comments online. The student meets the professor’s mind in the textbooks, Study Guide, lecture discussions in WebCt, on line exams, in email, and in the int
