[mitch-wilson]

I am a parent of a High School Junior who has SMA – I will recommend to him to take his college courses both in-person and online – leaning heavier to online courses where available.  Though I attended college years before online courses were even an option, I lived on campus – my last two as a floor adviser in a freshman dormitory – and recognize the importance of the social aspect of attending college: learning how to manage your time and priorities is one of the key objectives of attending college IMO.  That being said, as part of my occupation, I am required to obtain regular, yearly continuing education – some of which I have taken in-person in the past, but more recently take a majority of my CE via online courses.  Having taken the same courses both in-person and online, I have to admit I believe, personally, the online education is more thorough and one actually learns more with distance education than in-person (for the most part).  In-person classes tend to be spread out over several months where as online courses may offer the same material in a more condensed time frame. Everyone is different, and everyone learns/studies/prepares differently – but I have become a big fan of online education and consider it superior in general to in-person courses.