E-Learning Buzz

December 11th, 2009

By: Kelly Shea
Recent College Grad/The SNP Part-Timer

Lately at SNP there has been some buzz about e-learning programs. My experience with e-learning has been fairly positive, but certainly not electrifying. Towards the end of my college career, I took an online math course through UC Berkeley. Sitting down to multiple hours of statistics coursework took some serious willpower, but it was convenient to be able to make my own schedule.  If I had a question I could e-mail the professor. He always replied with enthusiastic, explanation point riddled messages. I’ve never really felt the need for double punctuation when discussing statistical analysis, but he sure did. It wasn’t quite true human interaction, but at least someone was behind the screen. (more…)