Those who have access will move ahead of the class. For example, if students are working together on a PowerPoint presentation, they work collaboratively, research information to post on the site and get involved in challenging each other. On the other hand, kids also can use it to play around and do a glitzy presentation that doesn't say much. Although students can get college credit via the computer, the college classroom is here to stay, according to business technologies professor Sandy Kahn of the University of Cincinnati's University College. UC is one of the few programs nationwide that offers introductory accounting sequences online.
Students register, get instruction and take exams via computer.
Kahn says the demand for the program follows the growth and mobility of our society. Last quarter, one of Kahn's students was working his academic schedule around his military service. We're teaching young people who are leading multi-dimensional lifestyles. College is only one dimension of their lives, unlike the student decades ago. Kahn says on-line learning may be a great niche for the person who wants to take a course anytime, anywhere, but he does not believe it will ever replace the traditional classroom.