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Difference Between Online And Face

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Lautoria Jones
10/26/16
Amir
Argumentive essay

What is the difference between online and face to face leaning? In today’s society more college students are taking more and more classes online. Mainly because of the flexibility you will gain once you take an online class. Because of this, students who are always on the go, and would like to further their education, will have the opportunity to do so. I have had the opportunity to take both face to face and online classes. Because it was an online class, I would have thought that it would be simple and easy. How wrong was I? As the semester continued, I founded myself forgetting about the online class, missing assignments, and just not understanding the work. I was excelling in my face to face classes and failing my online class. According to Journal of Public Affairs Education, a recent survey of 96 NASPAA-affiliated institutions indicates that around 40% of them offered hybrid or online courses, and about 24% had programs offering fully online courses (Ginn & Hammond, 2012). Nationwide, online enrollment rates are expanding at much faster rates than face to face enrollment. Enrollment for online classes have grown 21%, whereas growth for traditional classroom instruction registers only 2% since 2002 (Allen & Seaman, 2007). With that being said, although both offers the opportunity to earn your degree, I feel as though face to face learning will be the better option. Comprehensiveness of the material, social interaction,

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