subject: Organizations/institutions And Online Education [print this page] Not every institution or organization can be a good candidate for taking or providing online courses. Provided that it typically takes lots of computer resources, suitable faculty, and willing, and administrators who realize the realities, not each company or college is going to take all the required ingredients. And in case the institutional or organizational culture is not really technology-oriented, then online courses will not be successful as students, members or employees will lack the necessary computer literacy as well as comfort levels required to make it work well.
Besides, there is a question of whether online education is needed or not. In a great number of circumstances, the anyplace, anytime flexibility provided by courses online is a big advantage to students or employees. But there are some situations when getting together at a provided place and time is not a real problem. For instance, students who go to local community colleges after their work may discover classroom instruction far more convenient than going home to log on to computers to learn. Also, employees in an agency may be one and in the same building thus travel for classes is not a problem.
At last, there is some consideration that certain students and employees may wish to travel for educational offerings or training. In fact, it is common for the training sessions to be provided in a desirable geographical location (anyone not wish to go to Denver or any other remote city?) and the option to go to the classes is a "perk". In addition to this, a great number of college students would like to stay as far away from their homes as it is possible to manage in the campus setting. When the factors may not suit a sensible "cost-benefits" format, they are important considerations in why and how people choose educational/training options and not favourable to online learning.
