Online Education versus On-Campus Learning
There are many varying attitudes on whether online learning is the same quality as the traditional face-to-face on-campus education. I have been both a traditional undergraduate student with face-to-face instruction, and then an online graduate student when I completed my MBA. I am currently an adjunct professor of online learning and have taught adult learners who are working while pursuing their degree as well as resident students who are taking an online class to supplement their face-to-face instruction. With this range of experience, I feel I have adequate knowledge to make a comparison myself.In my experience, I found that the instruction, content, assignments and overall learning objectives were not much different between on-campus and distance learning classes. In my opinion, distance learning classes require a bit more discipline and commitment then the on-campus classes. When I was an on-campus student, if I skipped class I could always get the notes or the lecture from another classmate. With online education, a large portion of the learning is through self learning. I found that distance learning classes required more time to complete the necessary reading and class assignments.
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