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Thursday, September 25, 2003
Quality of online education - Virginia Zignego, Badger Herald
A recent study conducted by Babson College and the Sloan Consortium has found that educators nationwide are confident about the future of online education.... Despite such findings, faculty and administrators nationwide say online learning has both advantages and disadvantages. James Chitwood, Director of the Milwaukee Campus of the University of Phoenix, said that while the main benefit of online programs is flexibility in place, time and pace of learning, there are less obvious benefits as well. "Online programs allow for quieter people to participate without the intimidation of the classroom setting," Chitwood said. "When personalities are taken out of the picture, individuals are forced to communicate when they might not otherwise in a classroom setting." Chere Gibson, University of Wisconsin professor in the School of Human Ecology, agreed. "Not everyone likes to sit in the back of Agriculture Hall and look at a small instructor," Gibson said.
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