Faculty develop online courses for a variety of reasons.
Take a moment to write your reasons for creating an online course. Why Students Take Online Courses Students enroll in online courses for a variety of reasons. They usually enroll voluntarily in online courses. The pattern found in many traditional courses follows a model whereby the teacher organizes learning materials into a package, transmits it to the students often via lecture and in a linear format, supports learning in class via discussions, and provides activities to individuals and groups of students to extend the learning. The learner in this environment often assumes a somewhat passive position of a knowledge recipient rather than an active participant in the construction of meaning.