Rogerian Argument

With more and more students taking online courses, both the students and the colleges benefit. For example, colleges can reach students nationally and internationally. In addition to the savings that colleges save by removing the expense of a large brick and mortar operation. Students benefit for having the ability to learn on their schedule as well as having 24 hour access to their educational tools.

However, online education does have some drawbacks. Students lose the ability to create relationships among their peers. As well as not having one on one assistance when they need it.

These problems could be solved by offering hybrid classes that will allow students the online learning experience while offering them a traditional classroom they can come to when they need it. Colleges can also make chat rooms assignments a part of their graded learning experience.

If these problems are addressed, both students and colleges would benefit because the students would be able to schedule the online portion of their classes but still have access to traditional classrooms for additional learning enhancements.  Colleges would only have to employ professors part-time and would attract students that need both learning aspects.