Comments on: A Glimpse into the Future of Higher Education – Harvard’s Michael Sandel Offers Justice Course Online http://blog.gocollege.com/2009/09/27/a-glimpse-into-the-future-of-higher-education-harvards-michael-sandel-on-justice/ The number one college bound site on the Internet. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:18:21 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Polina http://blog.gocollege.com/2009/09/27/a-glimpse-into-the-future-of-higher-education-harvards-michael-sandel-on-justice/comment-page-1/#comment-2231 Polina Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:01:09 +0000 http://blog.gocollege.com/?p=2572#comment-2231 I think that online education is definitely going to become more popular as the years go by. Several of my friends have stopped going to classes due to any number of reasons (anxiety, work, etc.) and have switched to online classes, at the end of which they will receive a diploma that is of equal value to the one they would have received in their respective universities. Though I believe to to be the future, I don't think it's necessarily a good thing. There is something important about being present in the room when a lecturer is speaking, an energy. It's sort of like people reading books on Kindle now rather than buying paper copies. Yes, you're reading the same words and perhaps it is more efficient environmentally, etc. but the experience is completely different; it loses something. I think that online education is definitely going to become more popular as the years go by. Several of my friends have stopped going to classes due to any number of reasons (anxiety, work, etc.) and have switched to online classes, at the end of which they will receive a diploma that is of equal value to the one they would have received in their respective universities. Though I believe to to be the future, I don’t think it’s necessarily a good thing. There is something important about being present in the room when a lecturer is speaking, an energy. It’s sort of like people reading books on Kindle now rather than buying paper copies. Yes, you’re reading the same words and perhaps it is more efficient environmentally, etc. but the experience is completely different; it loses something.

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