Online classes are not worth cost of full tuition

Re:Online classes are not worth cost of full tuition by ntsplnkv2 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @10:57PM (#23923761)

Of course the inherent meaning in the statement is that a large portion of these things do suck, for most people.

I find it telling that most people who start an online course never finish them - why? The experience isn't worth it.

Just like a video call hasn't replaced person-person interaction, nor can an online course truly replace an in-person class - so many more things happen in the classroom or at a university than at home. There is intelligence in human interaction. This is what silicon valley misses.

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Re:Online classes are not worth cost of full tuition by woofie11 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @11:11PM (#23923825)

The majority of online courses suck.

But a minority are far better than in-person.

Toss digital scaling in, and it's not a question of if, but when and how. There are real problems people haven't solved, but most of those have to do with how students discover and find good courses, accreditation, etc.

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Re:Online classes are not worth cost of full tuition by frankie_t on Thursday July 23, 2020 @03:52AM (#23925138)

> I find it telling that most people who start an online course never finish them

I wouldn't go this far. Enrolling to an online course is essentially an effortless endeavour, unlike on-campus studying. You don't pay anything (or pay less), you don't have to move physically, you (sometimes) can go at your own pace, you can take just this one course instead of the whole curriculum, etc.

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Re:Online classes are not worth cost of full tuition by tdfx on Sunday August 02, 2020 @01:09AM (#24026517)

I would be curious to see how many people who audit university courses for no cost/credit finish them.

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