By Robert Klimper |Staff Writer| Faculty and students discuss the challenges and advantages of online courses in the light of students' demands and quality factors. Though online courses offer a more flexible schedule, it is not unheard of for students to feel a somewhat of a disconnect to the instructor of the courses as they can just be a wall of text with no face to face interaction. “I probably won’t take another [online course]...I would rather be able to speak to the teacher myself,” said Joscelyne Baisa, a freshman at CSUSB taking her first online course this quarter. CSUSB offers opportunities for professors and students to hold a simulated classroom environment with … [Read more...] about Simulated classroom learning
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CSUSB ranked among top online programs
By Gloria Gutierrez | Staff Writer | CSUSB online programs rank high among other online degree programs and continue to provide an alternative for in-class learning. CSUSB provides affordable, flexible and essential quality online programs, according to affordablecollegesonline.com. Takiya Moore, an instructional design technician at Online Distributed Learning, explained that our programs differ from the "cookie-cutter" programs offered at public colleges and private for-profit universities because our online programs can be highly customized. CSUSB professors take the opportunity to shape the context of their material based on how they feel will benefit and engage students best. For … [Read more...] about CSUSB ranked among top online programs
Online vs classroom
By Yara Del Rio-Dominguez |Staff Writer| CSUSB students would rather take online courses than traditional in-class courses, as the number of online courses available has jumped from previous years. Online courses seem like a dream to students; there’s nearly complete freedom with timing, more hours to sleep in and, most importantly, open enrollment. CSUSB online courses are least likely to reach capacity as our system does not put a cap on the number of students who can register for a particular online class, where as the traditional seminar classes closes as soon as the amount … [Read more...] about Online vs classroom
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