Online Learning Changing Education

Beaufort says that in 2002 about 1.6 million students were enrolled in at least one online class, and in 2005 about 3.2 million students were enrolled.
I agree that online classes are a great way of learning and just about anything can be taught electronically. Online classes allow the students to do the classwork on their own time with set time limits instead of having one set time everyday of the week that you have to sit in a classroom.
"More of the professors are starting to realize, 'Hey, I can use animations and illustrations instead of drawing on a blackboard,'" Draper says.
This is another cool thing about online classes for those that know how to use the technology. And it is easier to erase things on a virtual drawing board than the chalk board. Also it doesn't leave the residue behind that you have to write over.
"It usually takes a professor about five months to put together a course manuscript," Draper notes, and an additional five months to seven months are needed to develop and test the course.
This is one of the downsides to using virtual classrooms or online training, but in most cases the benefits outweigh the disadvanages. It may take a long time to make the class from scratch and get it running, but you dont have to do it again once you are finished. You can keep using the same classes over and over again once they are finished and just add in updates as the years go by.

Online Learning Changing Education BYU NewsNet (UT) (08/23/07) ; Beaufort, Kiku