Isn t classroom instruction “better” than taking a class on the Web?
It depends on your learning style. Some learners find the online community as rich and stimulating as any bonds forged in a traditional classroom setting, while a few may feel isolated and ‘lost in cyberspace.’ Although our online courses are carefully designed to meet the needs of a diverse audience, there are some learners who do much better in a face-to-face learning environment. Most students taking online courses for the first time see that both on-ground courses and online courses educate them, but that is where the comparison ends. Trying to compare the two types of educational delivery models is difficult. You must participate in online courses weekly, and sometime daily. There is typically more small writing assignments involved in an online course because that is the only way for your “voice” to be heard in the online class. For students who are slow to raise their hand in an on-ground course, this becomes a blessing. You see the question for the current week, have a few days
