Online or on Campus?

I believe that online classes have certainly been an asset to the education world. A number of people who never had access to go to universities or community colleges now have a chance to get a degree because the price is acceptable to their budget. Others who are working parents and don’t have time to go to class can now take a course in their own living room. The students who can’t sit and listen to a lecture for three hours can now take as many breaks as they want. Online courses have shown many benefits to the ever changing society we live in; however, with any great development we need to be careful to manage and design these classes to adhere to the academic qualifications that our students need.
Personally, I can not take strictly online courses. I believe that one of the benefits of education is getting individual contact in the classroom and hands on experience. By being in the classroom students are socially interacting, which is also helping them develop necessary skills for their futures. I also think that not all teachers are qualified to teach online courses. I do not agree that they should be letting just any teacher teach these courses. Just because the class is cheaper and online, doesn’t mean they should give up the quality of the teaching. Although I see many advantages for online learning, I do not support the idea of an entire degree being earned solely through the internet. I can already see that online education is going to continue to grow; hopefully, in the years to come there will be mixture of online, hybrid, and in class learning for students and the on campus experience will not be completely torn away.