For example, his popular Marine Ecosystems class studies food chains and food webs, and asks participants to write papers and draw images. Students not genuinely interested in this material or these types of assignment should expect difficulties should they choose to enroll. Students also need to bring a good work ethic with them. Each of Chris's on-line lessons represents a week's worth of classroom instruction, and successful students must be willing to complete approximately that much work every week. Nearly all my students who finish do so in just over a semester, and almost no one does it in less than a semester.
Successful students are good at setting, and meeting, their own time-lines.
Plus, each of Chris's courses helps students meet important technology benchmarks. CyberSchool instruction offers an alternative way for Oregon teachers to do business one that allows them lots of independence and the chance to work with a group of highly motivated students.