Quote Originally Posted by Divinus Arma
General question to anyone: What is your opinion of distance education / online schooling? This method, though non-traditional, has exploded in the last few years and seems to be growing still.
I don't think highly of it. A big part of education is the face-to-face lectures with the professors. A situation in a classroom cannot be simulated satisfactory yet, I would never do distance teaching. Even the lousiest crappiest university would do you better than distance teaching.