The author in this New York Times article describes the worst of online classes (one-size-fits-all, pre-filmed, “Internet course”, addressed to no one in particular) and compares it to the best of the lecture classes (gifted presenters, spellbinding sessions, engaged students. I suspect his experience is only with MOOCs which are interesting new products in education but which still are not fully developed. I would dare say that nationwide there are few large lecture on campus classes where the majority of the students would use the adjectives he described. However, the majority of the courses run by reputable colleges in the online world do a fair job of creating a memorable and in many cases individualized learning experience for the majority of their students.
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