online struggle

Have you ever wondered if you are the only one attending classes and taking online classes or if you are the only one struggling with the online class you are taking?  Well you are not alone.  There are 66 online classes in session right now at Anoka-Ramsey Community College with at least 30 students in each class, so that is roughly 1,980 students enrolled in an online class. 

There were 22 students polled; 73 percent of them are full time and 82 percent of them attend class and take an online class.  So are online classes harder then attending classes?  Many have argued either way.  70 percent of the 22 students polled say; yes online classes are harder while 25 percent say doing both online classes and attending classes is harder.  63 percent of students say the reason they took online classes was because they were convenient or it worked better with their schedule.    While one of the students polled, in regard to why they take online courses, said, “Good pace. I love them. Fit into schedule easy.”  Some students are forced to take an online class because that is all that is offered for that specific class.  Five out of the five students that said they had to take online classes because that was the only way they could take the class, also said online classes are harder.