Students who normally don't say much, tend to say more in an on-line learning environment. With distance learning, says Lane, professors post assignments in what's called a 'learning environment,' in which all registered students have access to discuss topics, can view others' opinions, and see homework that was turned in. Rob Friedman, who teaches on-line courses at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ, prefers the way of the Web. Plus, professors get the best of the student, he says. The student has the opportunity to think about what he has to say, then compose it.
Any teacher can appreciate a well thought out idea rather than a quick response.
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