As some of you may know I returned to school in April to complete my Bachelor degree. I am attending a school that offers online courses. I know a lot of people complain about online courses but I like them. I learn a lot more from them then a traditional class room setting. The traditional classroom setting you must first fight traffic to get to the school, then circle the parking lot like a voucher ready to pounce on an open space. If that isn't enough there is always the Oregon weather to contend with. If it is raining, then your wet by the time you get to the classroom. After all that, you enter the classroom and take your seat and proceed to get a lecture that explains nothing and puts you to sleep. The online courses you have to read the materials, do the tutorials and projects in order to pass. Its more of a self starter program. I'm a visual learner. I learn by doing not by lecture. In the online environment the teachers are there to throw questions at you to make you think. The online course has taken out the preaching at the front of the room and added do or fail. Some people still need to have the traditional classroom setting but I learn better online.
My current class was Web Programming in XML. It ends today at midnight. This is probably the hardest class I have had in a long time. I am so glad it is over. Now I get to wait and see what grade I actually received in this class. At least I have a little break before the next class starts.
