Online Learning Has Many Advantages

I absolutely love being able to earn my degree entirely online! Online learning has so many advantages that they outweigh the disadvantages in my eyes. I love having the freedom to work from home and not have to leave my family and go and sit in a classroom. After being at work all day, that is the last thing that I want to do. By taking online courses, I can work on my homework while my kids are doing theirs or I can do it when they go to bed.It takes a very organized and dedicated person to be able to take classes online. I am a little OCD so for me this works out well, I love being able to have things planned out and being able to know my assignments ahead of time is also great.An online learner has to motivated as well. In chapter 9 of our text book, Moreno defines motivation as the pshychological process that directs and sustains a student's behavior toward learning (p.329). It would be very easy to get behind on your assignments but if you stay organized an on top of things, this should not be a problem. I am a quiet person and probably would not interact as much with my classmates and instructors if I were in a typical classroom. I also feel like I know my classmates and instructors more than being face-to-face with them.Online learning has come a long way. We know have the ability to see our instructors and classmates via web cam, we can hear them speak using programs such as Eluminate. "Until fairly recently, online education amounted to little more than electronic versions of the old-line correspondance courses. That has really changed with the arrival of web-based video, instant messaging and collaboration tools" (NY Times). It will be very interesting to see how it changes in the next 5-10 years. The main thing that sticks out to me is "convenience". In an online article from Kennesaw Univeristy, they discuss the advantages of earning a degree online. They states that online learning allows working adults and parents with the opportunity to earn a degree without making too many sacrifices " (Kennesaw.edu). This is why I chose online courses. It allows me to continue my lifestyle while completing my degree all in the comfort of my home. What could be better?