Description: The wonderous and my brief opinion to the benefits of taking classes online.
The benefits of taking an online class that most interest me is the convenience and support. Both of these benefits I have trouble finding when taking classes in a classroom setting. However the benefit that completely convinced me to take an online class was the convenience of it all.
I happen to be a very ill person and sometimes need to be absent to go to the doctors. Most professors only allow 1-2 absences in their class before they start lowering your grade. I have even had some professors that won’t allow any absences in their classes. This is something that really upsets me because if I’m doing all the work, then it should not matter if I was not present in class a certain day. If I am absent from a class just twice in the whole quarter I don’t think it is fair that my grade is lowered. Especially because I am being absent for a health reason, not like other people who are absent for personal reasons.
Taking an online class saves me from having to worry about my absences. I can be online during the assigned work while I’m at home still in bed. Taking an online class is so convenient in the sense that I don’t have to worry about bad weather. During snow days or rainy days I find it so hard to get to school, but not if I’m taking online classes. It is such a convenience not to have to worry about making on time too. I could be online during the assigned work at three in the morning and it doesn’t matter. The convenience benefit also ties into the supportive benefit.
The other benefit of taking an online class that is important to me is the support I can get from it. I am able to work through it independently but I know if I get stuck on something I can get support a.s.a.p. I can get support by sending an email to my professor or just making a phone call. That is something that is very important to me because I want to know that I have someone to ask questions to. When taking classes on campus sometimes I find it harder to find support because there are so many other students with questions and there is a limited amount of time. In contrast to online learning if you have a question just sending a quick email or making a telephone call is all you have to do.