Cyber schooling?

Question

cyber schooling pros and cons

Answer 1

i go to college online

my first 3 semester were on campus

now i have been  online for 3

i love it

i have more time, not obligated to be in class at a set time, as long as your assignments are turned in on time..

there does tend to be more busy work with some of the classes, but not having to get up and go to class, and be on a time schedule is what is the best...

not interacting as much with people as i would like is my only con...

that am my university charges and extra $35 per credit hour, for online courses... so i have a high tuition that a regular traditional student...

test are great bc, they can always be open book!

Answer 2

Pros:

you can look up answers.

If your really good at hacking you can hack the answers from the test itself.

sometimes people post all there test answers from taking it the year before.

cons: they expect you to use internet to cheat so they make it harder.

some classes make you take tests at a school so you cant cheat.

Answer 3

I've taught hundreds of college credit courses online, have taught in seven different academic disciplines at levels from grades 3 through college, have completed training programs in online education, have participated in conference panels on online education, and have designed web sites for a variety of groups.  So maybe I know what I'm talking about here?

The big picture: some subjects translate well to online, others don't.

I recall a conference panel with the directors of corporate training for a couple of Fortune 500 companies, and they report using a 90/10 model; 90% of all of their training is done with no face-to-face instruction, either online or using computer-program tutorials, perhaps with an email or phone hotline as backup.  The other 10% uses almost entirely face-to-face instruction--this category focuses on "soft skills" and sometimes involves hiring a personal coach.

So, technical or cognitive subjects--sciences, math, history, art appreciation, psych, soc, econ--will work online.  Interpersonal communication, public speaking, interviewing, phys ed.--those won't work nearly as well, tho' a highly tech-savvy course director can maybe pull the online close to resembling the quality of face-to-face.

Beyond that point, the advantages are primarily personal flexibility.  Online courses are not time- or place-bound, so the student can log in and complete course work when it's convenient.  Course work doesn't get lost if there's illness or a catastrophe.  Also, the ability to learn independently and the capacity to interact in cyberspace are two outcomes to be highly desired in educaton as we go into the new age of technology, and online instruction certainly promotes them.

The cons include much higher costs; the work is much harder for faculty (so to keep quality up, the school must limit enrollment--and few do).  Student and school must shell out the dollars for computers, high-speed internet, course management software and other online resources.  There is still no way to prevent cheating--look up test answers (fortunately I adapted all my exams to open-book style years earlier); get someone who already had the course to do the work for you; hack the answers, etc.  Students must work harder--in addition to the difficulty of learning the subject, there's also all of the glitches and snafus that technology can add.  And a greater number of students fail, because not all are ready to do the self-disciplined, tech-savvy kind of work that's essential.

Oh, one other advantage that I failed to note--if anything goes wrong, the instructor has an easy fail-safe way to assign blame without shaming anyone; everything that goes wrong is the computer's fault!  The ultimate face-saving device :-)