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groundloop

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4. I see online courses as a way to cut instructors

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Thu May 30, 2013, 07:53 AM

May 2013

I've taken online courses and found them to be extremely inferior to having actual interaction with an instructor and other students. One aspect that gets overlooked is that different people have different modes of learning. A good instructor can work with a wide variety of students to make sure they all grasp the subject, that's not gonna' happen with an online course and many students will come away lacking.

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Universities Team With Online Course Provider [View all] alp227 May 2013 OP

K/R. (nt) NYC_SKP May 2013 #1

I teach freshman comp at the University of California (7 yrs.) B Stieg May 2013 #2

and folks in India greymattermom May 2013 #3

Problem is, the cost of college has become utterly staggering MannyGoldstein May 2013 #5

But they never promised to lower the costs classykaren May 2013 #6

IIRC, the MOOCs are free, so far. MannyGoldstein May 2013 #7

Udacity has a handful of credit courses run by San Jose State for $150 DotGone May 2013 #11

I see online courses as a way to cut instructors groundloop May 2013 #4

I have and am taking courses on Coursera WilmywoodNCparalegal May 2013 #8

I took a Coursera class in sound design tabasco May 2013 #9

Universities Are using Coursera for marketing purposes - with some of their best professors JPZenger May 2013 #10

Right - no credit but I still learned what I needed to learn. tabasco May 2013 #12

Sounds like a great idea to me IrishAyes May 2013 #13

Does Coursera pay the instructors? RILib May 2013 #14