EDITORIAL: Online courses have their advantages and disadvantages
- Nov 30, 2017
- 1 min read
Imagine signing up for classes with the help of your advisor — only they’re a robot.
This editorial was originally written on behalf of the PantherNOW e-board and was featured in PantherNOW. The editorial focuses on online courses as just the beginning of technological implementation in education.
Check out the editorial's excerpt below and click the link if you want to read the full story!
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Maytinee Kramer/Opinion Director
Imagine signing up for classes with the help of your advisor — only they’re a robot. Most people have gone through the frustration of dealing with an automated voice message system over talking to a real person on the phone. And wouldn’t it be nice to have working WiFi on the FIU shuttle bus?
Imagine a college career where everything is backed by innovation and technology. It sounds kind of cool and futuristic, but the world is moving more towards a technological society. While we may have a ways to go before robots are taking over, FIU has been implementing technology into their curriculum in their own way.
A great example of this is online courses. Back in the 90s, the Internet was just in the development stage and conventional wisdom about online courses was different than today.
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