What is it Like to Take an Online Course?
An Internet-based approach to learning uses interactive online technology and requires active participation in each course. There are frequent one-on-one communications with the teacher and regular assignments. Online courses provide a rich multimedia environment with engaging, high-quality content for individualized discovery through the learning process. This dynamic content immerses students in imaginative experiences, using a myriad of learning tools that are unique to an Internet–based format. Students engage in dynamic learning activities and student-selected learning paths, which are multimedia-enforced. Students are able to self-monitor their progress and create multimedia portfolios, in a seamless learning environment, not bound by time and space.
Fontbonne University prides itself on the quality of our online coursework. Our courses are not simply correspondence courses; you will be engaged in active learning environments with instructors who care about your success. Fontbonne University online classes offer you scheduling convenience, but you should expect to engage in active discussion, meet course deadlines and participate in academic projects just as if you were attending a face to face class.
Just like with anything new you try, taking courses online may at first seem strange. Be assured that it will become second nature after a few sessions online! If you are new to computers it will take you longer to adjust to the new learning medium than those used to surfing the Internet. But the design of all our courses is to make them so user-friendly that the technology becomes invisible and what remains is a superb learning experience. A demo course provided by UMassOnline can give you an idea of the way courses are organized and presented. Prospective students wishing to see a Demo Course can go to http://www.umassonline.net/home.html. Please log in with the username “demo” and password “welcome”. Survey results have found that students particularly enjoy the flexibility of scheduling their study hours online and the ability to work on the readings and assignments at home at any hour of the day or night.
An Internet-based approach to learning uses interactive online technology and requires active participation in each course. Online courses provide a rich multimedia environment with engaging, high-quality content for individualized discovery through the learning process. Students engage in dynamic learning activities and student-selected learning paths, which are multimedia-enforced and presented to the student using “live” streaming video technology.
(Back to Top) In a typical online course, the professor will have an online syllabus that outlines the assignments and course activities on a weekly schedule. Most courses will combine assigned readings from textbooks and other materials, online exercises, problems, or activities put together by the professor, interactive discussions on cases, situations, or questions posed by the professor, and assigned group or individual projects or papers.
