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"New technologies have changed today’s
classroom – at all levels – in ways unimaginable two decades ago.
Students can reach for their iPad to access texts or reading material.
They can connect with others in another city via video or web
conferencing. And what’s more, they can create their own classroom at
their home computer, completing courses or entire degrees online." summarizes Daryl Yarrow, Colorado Mountain College vice president.
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Maybe you’ve formed an opinion about
online classes or degrees. Proponents say they add more options and
flexibility. Critics fear students miss out on lively face-to-face
debate. Over the years, online learning has changed by leaps and bounds
from the days of its predecessor “telecourses” consisting of
prerecorded, videotaped lectures and mail-in assignments.
Like most universities and colleges
across the country, Colorado Mountain College offers many classes that
can be taken online. These include a variety of general education as
well as specialty courses. In the past 10 years, the number of online
classes offered at CMC has doubled, as has student enrollment in online
courses. We now offer six associate degrees and eight certificates
completely online.
As you might expect, online learning
classes do provide students with more options and flexibility as a
course can be completed on the student’s schedule – day or night –
allowing adaptation into a busy work or family schedule. Whereas
schedules might only permit students to take two or three face-to-face
classes in a semester, online learning allows them to possibly take four
or five, thus moving them more quickly toward degree completion. Our
department’s unofficial motto is: Online learning helps make graduation
possible.
