Is Virtual Learning as Effective as In Person Teaching?

Is it possible to learn online as effectively as you can in the classroom?

The answer is: Yes!

A bad teacher is a bad teacher -- but a great "real classroom teacher" can be a terrible online teacher because one must adhere to a different set of demands and expectations as an online instructor.

We all need to open more pathways of thinking. We must be creative. We must not think in days and weeks and hours. We must believe in the "everlasting now" as we are always thinking and learning at all times.

We must also always think in "virtual eternity" and that will begin to light up new ways of pondering that will lead us to know how to make our online classes sing -- and we work on those totems of entertainment and learning every day here at Boles University!

Removing Campus Computer Labs

We're fortunate here at Boles University that our students and faculty are not required to attend campus sessions in order to enjoy teaching and learning.

The "Big Box" schools and universities are seeing exponential growth in the want for computer labs on campus even though 80% of students own their own laptop.

The reason students prefer labs is one of convenience over immediacy. The computer lab has become the new bar scene and the new pick-up lounge. Students can also use lab printers and get access to expensive computer software they cannot afford alone.

You can also create and foster online communities and we believe the future will hold not only marriages to robots, but the mandate to open virtual computer labs where we all will live together in cybernetically getting the job done.

Deaf Awareness Week Celebration

It is Deaf Awareness week in America and we are thrilled to participate in the celebration by reminding you of our commitment to Deaf Culture and American Sign Language.

We teach ASL online and we write books on Signing.

Janna M. Sweenie is our ASL Ace and we are thrilled to have her as a significant member of our faculty.