Show E-Campus E allows time full-time workers to attend college rr s. s fye I S Iq Kathryn Jones Globe Weekly News could go to college IT Used A to be DC yu you have hav free urn time and never study have some the working wo g world until to worry about school Today you can dream y you u finished i want but the truth is about the past all y you of us are over days for ma many y y that those estimated by Sebago 2001 it w was In economic economic consulting firm Associates an that seven fifty percent of all college students have jobs jobs and and in 2000 that one in 10 college students attended classes time full-time and worked full This is no easy life But fortunately here at there is opportunity for easing easing easing ing your learning through classes class class- es and es-and and the opportunities are growing Currently summer courses offer 97 91 choices es from American Civilization to Introduction to Surveying The class numbers grow a bit higher in the fall One hundred classes are offered offered from from Internet classes to instruction that involve television video DVD chats or web- web enhanced types of learning What does this mean for the time part-time or time full-time worker student-worker Plenty Students signing up for the American Civilization Internet class can save gas money and time by not having to come to the college in-between in or after work This is obvious kudos In fact after buying books unless students buy them online of course the students dont don't even have to visit the school until they take their final exam at the Assessment Center According to students have several days in which to take the exam If you live an exceptional distance from froma a campus you request a proctor for your exams suggests Students can pick up a proctor form on the Education e-Education Support Site or from Service Center The form identifies identifies identifies iden iden- several professional areas from which you may select a person to proctor your exams When you identify the individual individual individual indi indi- vidual you must submit their name and address during the first two weeks of the semester At exam time the college will mail the exam to the proctor and it is your responsibility to arrange to take the exam Most of the Internet courses offer testing via the course The Internet allows students to take courses convenient to work and family schedules These classes can be accessed at 2 am m if you'd like If you decide to take English 10 1010 10 along with Internet use for example chats are also required one day a week per the instructors instructor's choice Continued on Page 9 J Continued from front If a is your option you will find watching the television programs and treading reading the print materials from home flexible and convenient The programs are broadcast over Channel 9 and may require you to have access online for course materials A VIDEOcassette or DVD class are prepackaged prepackaged prepackaged pre pre- pre pre- packaged Here you are required to 0 purchase the package at the beginning of the semester You are assessed a 2500 charge After the course the tape or CD is yours to keep The fee also includes duplication licensing and other handling costs For more information information tion contact the Service Center at or email Internet access may be required Students may register for an course the same way you register for an in- in class course The cost is the same Some courses require an person in-person meeting with the instructor during the semester but many of the meetings are held via the Internet Deadlines for course completion still apply and courses transfer With so many options to save time and give students the space they need to hold a job as well there are some who may question question question ques ques- tion this option believing distance education education education tion to be a less than helpful solution According to the Wisconsin State Journal a potential problem with getting an education exclusively on a computer screen is more cultural Online students clearly miss out on the campus experience Some like suggest online learning may even be more difficult depending on the teacher Instructors need to learn to be effective online teachers teach teach- ers and online learning requires new skills and responsibilities from learners For example online classes may not work for a student who is a procrastinator Without face to face classroom interaction it might be easier for students to wait until the last minute to do assignments or fail to do them at all And yet there is one important plus besides the all important time factor fact r when it comes to attending school away from school According to the Wisconsin State Journal Online there are no shy people Everybody can ask anything |