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I had a TON in college.  Maybe I'm showing my age, but this was done "back in the day."

I find this whole thread depressing.[/quote]

I don't understand what is so depressing.  Have you ever taken a good online class?   Maybe they aren't as useless as you seem to think.[/quote]

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I received two undergrad degrees from UMCP and an MS from Hopkins.  I am currently looking into another graduate degree through McDaniel.  I love being around others and having an energetic and productive exchange of ideas.  There are enough assignments to do on your own.  I'd find it boring to have to complete the course staring at a computer.[/quote]

Wy do you assume in an online class, you do not interact with others?  I think you have an old fashioned idea of what online education is.  It isn't a "correspondence course" where you watch a video of the professor and complete your assignments on your own.

I actually interact more with people online than I ever did in most college classrooms.   Did you know that in many online classes, students interact with each other via webcam and discussion rooms?   Classes vary of course, but not all of them involve "staring at a computer" passively and filling out a multiple choice test at the end of the course.   Some instructors require their students to post a certain number of "substantive, thoughtful" contributions to a discussion, say twice a week and the students are graded on the quality of their contributions.   Some teachers have mandatory times when students must be online at the same time and they make presentations and comments via chat forums.   There are many different ways to have an online class -- some are hybrid, where students come together a few times in person (and at the end of the course for the final exam).   [/quote]

I know all of this.  I have friends who teach online courses, and while the last course I took was face to face, we interacted on Blackboard, too.

But no, I don't want to stare at another student on a webcam.

More and more I see those who'd rather text a friend than sit down over coffee for real interaction.  It's the same in education.  You can log on and pick your nose in your underwear as you respond to others in a discussion room, or you can make the effort to actually be around people.

I think there are some people who are somewhat anti-social. So this is their preferred choice.   And sadly, I see more and more teens become anti-social b/c they're always plugged in.  Being part of an online course is being plugged in.

But whatever works, I guess . . .  So I'll shut up, as I'm sure I'm in the minority. [/quote]

Arrrr....kids today! You sound like an old hag[/quote]

You're an online entity to me.  Who the hell cares if you think I'm a hag?

Saying it to my face would give it more meaning, but you can't do that on a forum, can you???[/quote]

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