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University students are pointing and clicking their way toward completing degrees.
Courses on-line hold
appeal for students
■ Opting to take classes over the Internet has become a viable
solution for students with conflicting schedules
By Kristy Hessman
Oregon Daily Emerald
Stay in your pajamas, don’t brush
your teeth, roll out of bed, sit in
front of your computer and you’re
in class — class on-line, that is.
It seems more and more students
are taking advantage of the Inter
net, especially when it comes to
getting an education.
“We started with on-line classes
at the University in fall of 1997,”
said Sandra Gladney, program co
ordinator of Community Educa
tion. “There are typically between
12 to 18 courses offered on-line
each term.”
Classes available range from the
social sciences and economics, to
astronomy, physics and geology,
along with a few multicultural art
classes.
The classes require that students
have access to e-mail and the Inter
net, Gladney said.
But are on-line classes as good as
traditional classroom-based classes?
“Absolutely,” Gladney said.
“Some students say that they are
auditory and need to learn the in
formation that way, but most stu
dents that take the classes are high
ly motivated.”
The way students adapt to the
course typically depends on which
course it is and students’ other pri
orities.
“On-line classes are great for stu
dents who have commuting or
family commitments, or whose
class schedule doesn’t work with
their other commitments,” Glad
ney said.
Although it might sound appeal
ing for freshmen and sophomores
to take many of their classes on
line in the comfort of their homes
or dorm rooms, they may not be
the best thing for these students.
“For traditional freshmen and
sophomore students who are on
campus already, on-line classes
may not be the best fit,” Gladney
said. “Unless it is someone who
has a clear goal.”
Some students who have earned
their credits through the keyboard
have found that on-line classes were
more focused than real classes.
“I felt like the class was actually
shorter than the normal class,” jun
ior pre-journalism major Tara Hadley
said of her microeconomics class.
“It allowed me to learn at my
own pace and really focus on con
cepts of the subject.”
Other students also like the free
dom on-line classes provide.
“I liked that I didn’t have to get
up.for class and could do the work
at my own pace,” senior interna
tional studies major Renee Spath
Espiau said.
Spath-Espiau took a geology
class over the summer.
“It was easy — I got four credits
in only four weeks,” she said.
“However, if I had a question I was
out of luck.”
While many students are cur
rently participating in classes on
line, the concept is still quite new.
“The University is still in the pi
oneering stage,” Gladney said.
“The faculty and individual de
partments are really leading the
way, although it’s not a University
wide thing yet.”
Many teachers are and have
been using the Web to support
their classes with notes and extra
class materials, but classes on-line
are still not offered in every depart
ment or as a way to attain an entire
degree.
“Some schools are misleading
that say they offer degrees on-line,”
Gladney said.
“When you read the fine print
for many of these schools you find
that you have to come to campus
for exams or for a two-week inten
sive class time.”
While taking classes on-line can
make achieving school goals easier
for some students, whether on-line
classes are right for a certain indi
vidual really depends on the per
son.
“You really have to ask yourself,
‘Do I work better by myself or in a
cohort group?”’ Gladney said.
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