The traditional format for a
classroom pretty much stays the same regardless of the school at which a
student is obtaining their college education. If the school caters to the
affluent, the student body will reflect this.
If the school is easily accessible
to those in a low economic status, again, the student body will reflect this.
A
new study shows that the online classroom caters to all types of students,
regardless of their background.
In online college courses,
students are able to access online programs that will meet their educational
needs, at their own pace. When a student attends class, the last thing they
want is to have to worry about how others will view them, based on their socio-economic
status.
One advantage of the online
classroom is this – you are free from this judgment. Some online instructors
have learned that it is not the school that helps students succeed, but the motivation
of that student within the school. What does this mean? That even if a school
is not considered an Ivy League school, students will still benefit greatly
from online studies. One researcher comments:
“The notion that online courses might work at MIT or Harvard or Stanford or Carnegie Mellon is in a certain sense neither here or there, because those places are going to survive and thrive whatever they do,’’ said James McCarthy, president of Suffolk University, who helped design and implement the new study. “Whether this approach works across a broader spectrum of institutions is what really matters.’’
Sources: Boston.com
What do you think of these insights? How can
an online education college program equally benefit both the student from an
affluent background as well as one from a modest background?
