What I've learned about online courses

I probably should not take another one because I easily got behind from being sick, or not having access to a computer, or simply by being distracted by other things. When you see a professor face to face it's a trigger in your mind that you need to get your work done. When you don't have the visual, or the physical activity of showing up in a class. It's easier to put other classes before it. I enjoyed a lot of the things we did in this class. I found myself frustrated at times on the blog for this reason: when you are face to face you can debate and argue; when you are typing an argument you need to be extremely careful not to come off sounding offensive or brass. That's difficult for someone like me who is sarcastic by nature. In person one would know I am using dry humor to get my point across. But for a bunch of strangers who are just reading my words, I might just come off as the ass hole. The line is a little more blurry. But, I oo understand that as a writer you need to be able to convey your tone or emotions in an articulate way so that people perceive you the way you want to be perceived. Also, it's a lot easier to be bold behind a computer screen. I think that makes a huge difference especially when it comes to work shopping. I enjoy work shopping online because I feel like people are more honest. In person, people try to be overly nice and sugar coat things. Online you are protected to a certain degree so its easier to say what you're really thinking. So I would say work shopping online = good class discussion online=not so hot.

Adios!