A+ for online education, but stigma remains

Posted by in Uncategorized Feb 27th, 2005

In some of my browsing I discovered a couple of letters at Network Computing worth highlighting here. If you have gone through an online university and would like to comment here on this weblog, please mail me at michael@creative-weblogging.com

Here are the NC letters.

"I agree that many online IT educational institutions suffer from a stigma, but it is not deserved."
~ Steve Delahunty

And this, part of a the extended letter from Steve responding to this article …

I received my undergraduate degree from a classroom-only college where, in the majority of classes, the only interaction among students was to see each other enter and leave the classroom. Although I have attended various graduate-level classroom courses, I obtained my MBA from the University of Phoenix online. I found the experience extremely valuable and can attest that there is more educational interaction among students in the online environment. Yes, some graduate courses include group work, and meeting in person can be helpful. However, even in classroom courses, student groups use e-mail and instant messaging extensively to collaborate.

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