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Online Learning VS Traditional Classroom Learning

October 3, 2011

Online Learning VS Traditional Classroom Learning

In today’s time, students are finding it much easier to maintain a job, a family and pursue a college career at the same time. This has been made possible with the option of online classes. While some students find it easier to continue with online classes, others still prefer to learn in a traditional classroom. When deciding whether or not to take tradition college classes vs. online classes there are a lot of factors to look at. Students look at the course load of work. Is it more or less with being in class or online? Students will look at the cost of classes, are they the same or different? Students will look at the teachers to see how it is different. Are the teachers willing to meet with students whether it is an online class or a tradition class? Students then look at how tests are given with it being a tradition or an online class. There are many determining factors of why people look at both types of classes. What are the pros and cons in tradition classes to online classes?

Traditional Classes

Pros

Traditional classrooms give you the type of responsibility to showing up at a regular date and time. You know that in order to take that test, hand in that assignment, or to meet with the group you have to be there during the scheduled time. This works really well for some people.

You can meet a lot of people in the classroom. It's kind of hard to make "classmate friends" just from an online course.

Traditional classrooms give you easier access to the professor. What if you are having a hard time contacting him via e-mail or he always seems to be gone during his office hours? Well, having him in the classroom with you gives easy access to ask your questions and get the help you need.

Cons

Traditional Classrooms are not very flexible. Sure sometimes teachers give you "free skip days" but if you use them, you get really...