http://jasonpuckett.net/2008/09/06/online-degrees/ With great power comes great bibliography. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:25:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://jasonpuckett.net/2008/09/06/online-degrees/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Jill Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:47:13 +0000 http://jasonpuckett.net/?p=190#comment-722 I have talked to more than one person that felt online programs were a bit harder, in that they had more reading and more papers. I have not been to school in over 20 years and I have no idea if it's true, but summer semester I spent 3-5 hours every day for over a month trying to get two 30+ page papers done. I only take two classes a semester and I feel like I work all the time. I also feel as if it's up to me to work a lot of things out on my own. You can ask a question on the discussion boards, but answers aren't immediate and you may have to wait a bit. You have to be patient. I don't know if face to face classes have as much group work, which I would be interested to know. I feel like every online class I have, I end up in groups and it's such an adventure as to who you'll end up with and if you'll be able to get organized enough to get things done well! I also would not have been able to do this without online classes. About half have been quite good and half have been not so good, but it's better than my old job! Jill I have talked to more than one person that felt online programs were a bit harder, in that they had more reading and more papers. I have not been to school in over 20 years and I have no idea if it’s true, but summer semester I spent 3-5 hours every day for over a month trying to get two 30+ page papers done. I only take two classes a semester and I feel like I work all the time. I also feel as if it’s up to me to work a lot of things out on my own. You can ask a question on the discussion boards, but answers aren’t immediate and you may have to wait a bit. You have to be patient.
I don’t know if face to face classes have as much group work, which I would be interested to know. I feel like every online class I have, I end up in groups and it’s such an adventure as to who you’ll end up with and if you’ll be able to get organized enough to get things done well!
I also would not have been able to do this without online classes. About half have been quite good and half have been not so good, but it’s better than my old job!
Jill

]]> http://jasonpuckett.net/2008/09/06/online-degrees/comment-page-1/#comment-717 Janet W Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:45:42 +0000 http://jasonpuckett.net/?p=190#comment-717 I am graduating from an online program this December. Some classmates are already applying for jobs. One person who was interviewed was told that online programs are not as vigorous as face-to-face. Aside from the technological aspects, I believe online requires a higher degree of motivation, not just in the classwork itself, but to make sure you and the instructor understand each other, to form the kind of social contacts that detractors of online programs say can't be done unless you're at the school (in fact, they can and I and some of my classmates have done it, and I believe our relationship will last beyond the end of school). Each program (online and face-to-face) has its merits, and I believe that in many, but not all, cases the students who attend online programs are different from the students in face-to-face programs. There is a sense of more independence and self-motivation. These aspects should be used as positives when applying for a job. As for classwork, I have done some great projects. School is what you make of it, as one of my professors said. NMRT had a thread about what would you take again if you could do library school over again, and some of what they wished they had taken, I have done -- grant proposals, management, business proposals, etc. I would not have been able to attend library school without an online program, not only because of distance problems, but I do not think I could sit in a class, as I did when I was in college (and I would have liked to have been online then, too!). I am graduating from an online program this December. Some classmates are already applying for jobs. One person who was interviewed was told that online programs are not as vigorous as face-to-face. Aside from the technological aspects, I believe online requires a higher degree of motivation, not just in the classwork itself, but to make sure you and the instructor understand each other, to form the kind of social contacts that detractors of online programs say can’t be done unless you’re at the school (in fact, they can and I and some of my classmates have done it, and I believe our relationship will last beyond the end of school). Each program (online and face-to-face) has its merits, and I believe that in many, but not all, cases the students who attend online programs are different from the students in face-to-face programs. There is a sense of more independence and self-motivation. These aspects should be used as positives when applying for a job.
As for classwork, I have done some great projects. School is what you make of it, as one of my professors said. NMRT had a thread about what would you take again if you could do library school over again, and some of what they wished they had taken, I have done — grant proposals, management, business proposals, etc.
I would not have been able to attend library school without an online program, not only because of distance problems, but I do not think I could sit in a class, as I did when I was in college (and I would have liked to have been online then, too!).

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