Chapter Summary: Will The Web Kill Colleges?
Will the Web Kill Colleges?
Emma Reece
MBA6004
June 7, 2014
In this passage the author is talking about how the web is being used vigorously by college students every day. He sees that colleges are losing their need to have classes in a classroom when they can take classes online from their homes. The cost of having a class in an actual classroom is costly. The colleges have to rent space to have the classes in then pay a professor to come into a room and teach the students in a normal classroom setting. Since the technology has upgraded so will colleges. The author sees that eventually colleges will have to cut costs with the educational government allowances being cut, they will have to …show more content…
There are several degrees in this college that can be obtained online and never have to step foot into a classroom. I agree with this kind of education as I see it as not interfering with peoples home lives like going to a classroom does. You have to take time out to go to the class you have to have a sitter if you have kids, you have to use gas to drive there and back. With online classes you choose when you want to do the work it is just there for you to do it when it is convenient in a timely manner. The virtual classroom that he is talking about for college students is a great idea, and he sees it happening in ten to twenty years. This kind of online degree is great for some people, however, there is always problems with the internet and technological problems with broadcasting the classes online, as well as being able to submit your work. There is always a chance that there may be problems with the internet and it could be down, or storms passing that causes outages, etc. These become technological problems that in reality can cause a lot of problems in the
Emma Reece
MBA6004
June 7, 2014
In this passage the author is talking about how the web is being used vigorously by college students every day. He sees that colleges are losing their need to have classes in a classroom when they can take classes online from their homes. The cost of having a class in an actual classroom is costly. The colleges have to rent space to have the classes in then pay a professor to come into a room and teach the students in a normal classroom setting. Since the technology has upgraded so will colleges. The author sees that eventually colleges will have to cut costs with the educational government allowances being cut, they will have to …show more content…
There are several degrees in this college that can be obtained online and never have to step foot into a classroom. I agree with this kind of education as I see it as not interfering with peoples home lives like going to a classroom does. You have to take time out to go to the class you have to have a sitter if you have kids, you have to use gas to drive there and back. With online classes you choose when you want to do the work it is just there for you to do it when it is convenient in a timely manner. The virtual classroom that he is talking about for college students is a great idea, and he sees it happening in ten to twenty years. This kind of online degree is great for some people, however, there is always problems with the internet and technological problems with broadcasting the classes online, as well as being able to submit your work. There is always a chance that there may be problems with the internet and it could be down, or storms passing that causes outages, etc. These become technological problems that in reality can cause a lot of problems in the