Re: Online Universities

2004-10-30 Thread dana tierney
nor to "attend" the class: > > > How does that contrast a classroom? plus same question as above. > or is that a gap in how educational programming is delivered? > > Eric > > -Original Message- > From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent:

Re: Online Universities

2004-10-30 Thread dana tierney
don't forget that in real life there are students willing to pay a premium for them. Dana On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:49:06 -0500, Eric Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am thinking of getting an MBA - too cheap to pay for it though. My mindset > has always been --- get it online. I think the onl

RE: Online Universities

2004-10-30 Thread Eric Dawson
w does that contrast a classroom? plus same question as above. or is that a gap in how educational programming is delivered? Eric -Original Message- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 28, 2004 4:51 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Online Universities I do know peo

RE: Online Universities

2004-10-30 Thread Eric Dawson
I am thinking of getting an MBA - too cheap to pay for it though. My mindset has always been --- get it online. I think the online medium for education will become an essential component --- even in the bricks and mortar classrooms. >> extroverts learn better that way? learning styles. tailored ed

RE: Online Universities

2004-10-30 Thread Eric Dawson
=== Eric -Original Message- From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 28, 2004 2:44 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Online Universities I think it depends on the person. I personally prefer online classes. I am taking a couple classes this semester and fin

RE: Online Universities

2004-10-28 Thread Ian Skinner
I do know people who agree with Ian though. Certain discussion classes are probably better taken at bricks and mortar classrooms, and probably extroverts learn better that way? Dana I'm glad, because I agree with you as well Dana. I think on-line classes are great, if you have the discipline

Re: Online Universities

2004-10-28 Thread dana tierney
I think it depends on the person. I personally prefer online classes. I am taking a couple classes this semester and find the class time annoying. I am much more advanced than many of the students, ask questions that confuse them, get distracted in lab sessions and usually have to do the work over

RE: Online Universities

2004-10-28 Thread Tangorre, Michael
> Having said that, I want to add, that in my experience, > on-line course are much harder to stay focused. It takes > much more self-discipline to do the work and put in the > attendance. Much too easy for someone like me to > procrastinate and get distracted, especially with work and > fam

RE: Online Universities

2004-10-28 Thread Ian Skinner
I'll just add that I think on-line courses are loosing their stigma of being sub-par. Our local California Community and University institutions are adopting more and more on-line classes. So if you look around I bet you could find as reputable a school as you want that offers at least some of

Re: Online Universities

2004-10-27 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Michael, You may also want to look at University College, University of Maryland, or other schools within the UMD system. They have a very good online program - they are contracted to provide the same services to overseas armed forces bases. larry On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:05:23 -0400, Michael T.

Re: Online Universities

2004-10-27 Thread Gruss Gott
> Michael wrote: > How do you feel about online degree programs What's your top goal? Promotion requirements, promotion and/or getting hired, or education? If your goal is to be able to say, "I have a Masters", then it doesn't matter. For example, in most Fortune 500 companies you need a Master

Re: Online Universities

2004-10-27 Thread Charlie Griefer
tending an online program through a well known university vs. > attending a non-traditional school like Phoenix, National ... > > -Original Message- > From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 3:17 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject:

RE: Online Universities

2004-10-27 Thread Ken Ketsdever
M To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Online Universities I went to Univ of Phoenix for my bachelor's (not online...B&M). Towards the end, we did have one class that was online. I was looking forward to it for the obvious reasons (no commute...learnin' in my jammies, etc). I was really di

Re: Online Universities

2004-10-27 Thread Charlie Griefer
I went to Univ of Phoenix for my bachelor's (not online...B&M). Towards the end, we did have one class that was online. I was looking forward to it for the obvious reasons (no commute...learnin' in my jammies, etc). I was really disappointed in it. Found that without a live class around me, it