Interesting article at CNN:
Students prefer online courses.
Apparently, at least at some colleges, online offerings are popular with traditional students who prefer their flexibility vs. in person classes. Not all colleges are enthused:
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Florida State University tightened on-campus access to online courses several years ago when it discovered some on-campus students hacking into the system to register for them. Now it requires students to get an adviser's permission to take an online class.
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I don't like to see undergrads miss out on the benefits of in-person class interaction, but I can certainly see this as a way of working around scheduling difficulties. When I was completing my MBA on a tight schedule, in order to fit in one particular class I had to drive 20 miles to a remote classroom to watch an awful black and white tape of the actual class (which my schedule didn't allow me to attend in person). It was a horrible waste of time and an awful way to take a class - I would have welcomed an online version, complete with web discussion, etc. Unfortunately, Al Gore hadn't yet invented the Internet.
