Viking0 posted:I like to compare some online learning to online hitting instruction. That is what my son is going through right now (the HS hitting coach is working with everybody remotely). It is better than nothing, but obviously not as good as in person. For most graduate level courses, online can work reasonably well, but for undergraduate courses that are important (i.e. Major courses that are challenging), it is not good. Laboratory courses is a whole other animal that probably are as useful as the online hitting lessons, but again, better than nothing.
It depends on the graduate degree (as you seem to point out). One of the greatest values I got from my MBA (Columbia) is the network that I built through personal connections made in classrooms, group projects and perhaps most of all socializing.... That is the same for undergraduates too but the lab work comment I totally never thought about.
This article op ed is worth a read but could stir up commentary on this board....
https://www.news-journal.com/o...fd-5f42f1ec610e.html