People have lives and it is hard for our lives to jell with someone else's schedule. This semester Temple will offer a variety of online classes in several disciplines, including accounting, anthropology, calculus, economics and physics. If the topics seem weighty, so are the expectations of the students who register for the classes, Schifter said. Students can't just come to class, take notes and hope to absorb the information by osmosis. There's a partnership in distance education.
Students are much more responsible for their learning.
It's not the 'sage on the stage' approach to learning. Distance learning courses also have provided countless opportunities for professors. This technology provides an opportunity for professors to reach out to students and extends the class beyond the regular class hours. Temple offers several course management tools for professors, but the two most common platforms are Blackboard and WebStudy. With these tools the instructors can concentrate on pedagogy.