on line classes

In the last 5 years online universities have exploded in popularity. This leaves us with many questions to ask ourselves. Like how will online learning will replace traditional school buildings? How is this changing educational programs? Will all colleges and universities be compelled to offer classes online? Should all students be required to participate in online learning? Will online students be distinct and different from the students who pursue traditional classroom learning? These questions show how education programs are changing and the need for students to keep up with the changes.

Online learning is growing at an exponential rate and allowing students the flexibility never offered before. I do not believe that the traditional classes will ever be fully replaced by online classes. There will always be a need for a traditional learning environment for advanced hands on labs and classes where high instructor involvement is required. Classes will and are becoming a mix of both depending on the students needs working hand in hand to complement each other. Many companies and now having their employees complete their annual safety, Equal Opportunity and Policy reviews online. The military now has computer based training that allows members to complete their training anywhere in the world at the member’s convenience.

These classes require students to be self starters, motivated and very organized. Students must log in and to complete assignments, competed and respond to other students work and blogs while completing tests in the required time. Online students are forced to become more interactive than traditional students where they can choose to be an inactive member of the class and get lost in a class of 40 to 60 students. For high school graduates this change can to very overwhelming for procrastinators and students that needed constant reminders on due dates for assignments. This is however a very positive changes because the excuse of not having basic computer skills is now a requirement in all universities and most employers today.

I believe all universities will offer some form of online class in the next 5 years. Students must now use their computers to check their grades, register for classes and complete assignments. This is the next logical step in Universities moving towards the future. All students are already required to use a computer in one way or the other for classes now. While the amount of online classes required may be only required for introductory and orientation classes all students will use them.

Currently some students in some professions many be looked at more closely for having an online degree more and more people are getting them and their acceptance will continue to grow. While there will be some online schools that have a better reputation than others university accreditations will help students choose better schools while reassuring employers the quality of the graduates they put out.

The future is very bright for online students and universities in the next few years. If online schools continue to produce high quality graduates and offer students flexible and interactive programs more and more people will choose them. Will they ever replace traditional schools? I doubt it in my life time programs like nursing and architecture need a hands on approach that online classes are able to offer. Students will get all or some of their elective classes online but not all in the near future. Either way it will be very interesting to see how schools change from State Colleges to Ivy League Schools.

Food

America is the only country in the world where everything is someone else’s fault and then our government spends millions fixing problems due to lack of personal accountability. A prime example of this is the question should the government pass laws to regulate the types of food fast food restaurants serve? Right now a country with a record high national debt, poor public health care and third world public education system is spending millions of US tax payer’s dollars. The real question should be whatever happened to personal accountability?
Almost every national chain fast food restaurant now has healthy meal options on their menu. Subway has established themselves as a healthy alternative to normal fast food options but the consumer must choose that option. You can still get a Philly cheese steak sandwich with chips, cookies and a large Mello Yellow. That has three days worth of fat grams in one sitting. If I choose to eat one sandwich over another that is my choice and I must live with my choices. This goes for everything else in life it’s my personal responsibility. Should the government limit all vehicles so that they can only do 70 mph? You can kill a lot more people with a car than with an extra value meal at Burger King.
I’ve also had a Blooming Onion and Outback steak house with its 500% of your daily recommended fat allowance and loved it! They have salads on many other healthy choices on their menu but about once every other year that’s what I want. No one forces me to eat it and the restaurant is honest about how fatting it is but I still eat it. Our government has way bigger issues they need to deal with than regulating food. If they enacted sweeping change to the food industry for the good of their people what’s next my home. If I can’t get what I want a restaurant but can have whatever I want at home what to do these laws really do?
This seems like a very simple problem to address. If you make poor food choices on a consistent basis then you will be fat. You need to take personal responsible responsibility for your actions. If you kids are fat and they only eat junk and are inactive that is the parents fault and they need to take responsibility for that and quite pointing fingers.