When signing up for classes I thought it would be a good idea to take my first-year seminar online. It is fine some weeks; other times I wish I did not take it online. It is very hard to sit through a live meeting without getting distracted. Most of the time I end up watching a movie or TV show to pass the time. If I was in an actual class, I would not be able to do that. I would also be more committed to the class. Part of being in an online is the amount of busy work I get throughout the week, like watching a two-hour video and writing what I learned or clicking on links and telling her what I learned. It just annoys me because it is not really teaching me anything, but it takes away free time that I would have otherwise. I think an in-person class is better for me because I tend to pay more attention to material.
Having an online class may be annoying but there are some benefits to taking an online class. One benefit of taking an online class is, I do not have to be in Green Bay to attend class. Recently I have been leaving Green Bay around noon every Thursday because it is my last in-person class. Although I have my online class at 5:30, I am still able to attend class while being in Tomah, th
ree hours from Green Bay. Another benefit to having a online class is the ability to do the work whenever I want to. Every assignment has a deadline, but I could finish the work for the semester early and not have to worry about it during the week. This is nice if I know the next week will be busy with a lot of assignments, I can do the work the week before to free up time the following week. I will be taking more online classes in the future during J-term and summer-term classes because I do not have to be in Green Bay to attend.
Picture credit: Rasmussen University