<p>" Just as in a face to face classroom, there are good classes and bad classes. I won’t go into my entire work process, etc. to tell you how I design what I consider to be a good class. I can tell you that I design based upon my knowledge about how people learn in general and based upon a growing body of research about online learners. The internet and computers or tablets are simply another means of delivering instruction–just like a lecture or a book. At the core is whether a course is well designed and delivered. I come from a background of face to face teaching and instruction and moved into elearning"</p>
<p>If you do not know your students, I do not see how you can teach so effectively. Feedback is muted. </p>
<p>" People are often concerned with the possibility of cheating. Quite honestly preventing cheating is one of the easiest issues to overcome. There are numerous ways to do this from the way the course is designed to how students take any exams. Advancing technology makes this less and less of an issue. A good designer will know how to accommodate for this concern."</p>
<p>Please tell me how you can prevent cheating. I cannot wait to hear. Understand this, 18-21 year olds have become adept at falsifying IDs. You can go on line to get instructions on how to copy someone’s fingerprint onto your own finger. I doubt it works in a police station, but I suspect it works when 100 people are checking into a testing site. In any event, I suspect no university has actually implemented the plans you have for preventing cheating. As an employer I am not buying this. But I doubt most of these online places care if employers view them with skeptically, as long as they college their tuition.</p>
<p>PS I understand that SUNY- Empire State (the online State U of NY) does not allow Accounting on line classes, unless the finals have a proctor (but does for other classes), and does not allow anyone to get a RN degree on line. I suspect part of the issues are that if kids can not pass professional exams, the school would be embarrassed. Raises questions about the rest of the classes.</p>