Actually, no. I don’t agree with this for a multitude of reasons, not the least of which is we are getting MASSIVE and I mean massive amounts of research showing that precisely what is wrong is “online study.” Namely, the substitution of devices for human interaction is rapidly becoming a plague.
(See “iGen” by researcher Jean Twenge, who used FOUR data bases of 11 MILLION students over 40 years. This is a staggeringly big database and the culprit, the iPhone & internet, clearly stands out in this research).
Moreover, having taught for over 35 years, I can tell you that the human interaction-—which you absolutely cannot replicate in screen forums-—is critical. People need to see each other’s faces real time, read nuances. Most important, there is a classroom dynamic that cannot be mimicked over the web.
I know it sounds logical, that just exchanging live settings for remote will work, but it doesn’t. I have seen this in my own numerous interviews on Fox and other channels: when I’m live in the studio there is a markedly different dynamic than when I’m remote. I’m pretty sure I can even track book sales or non-sales to the times I’m live vs. remote.
Sorry, but human to human interaction is over-rated for education.
Basic coursework and understanding is enough. Learning the “human” side comes from real life....something professors cannot teach because the vast majority have no connection to the real work use of the degree they teach.