2nd Blog Post - Week 12

Although I enjoyed reading the top ten myths- I am very curious about how these myths came to being. I don't see the research attached or the sources. That makes me nervous. I do find them believable. But would like to know more!

I found it to be believable that students who are more introverted would find their voice and be able to interact more online that in face to face classes. I do still however have concerns that would only enable lack of social skills that are necessary for certain professions. Dealing with people on a face to face daily basis is necessary. I do see that #4-brings up blended learning or hybrid classes. I do see this point. 

I find it interesting to have an online course as part of the graduation requirement. I didn't really realize that this was required but I can understand with the amount of universities that now have different type of online learning opportunities need to have students that can handle the responsibility and have some type of exposure to the method of instruction. 

I found the joint study with the MVS and Wayne State to be rather interesting. I particularly thought the feedback with ELA was interesting. It didn't come out and say it, but it seemed to indicate to me that the teacher was saying that the tools used online allowed for easier and more efficient feedback of writing samples to students. 

According to the Clark article, my suspicions are correct, that most K-12 online students are in rural areas and small schools. I also think that this is something that is true for college aged and professional learning opportunities for people. 

Over all, I have found in the readings the same thing to be true for brick and mortar students. You get what you put into your education. I have found that the more I am engaged into my online content the better my outcome for learning is. I think it is the same for K-12 students.