Advantages and disadvantages for on-line course delivery:

Why Teach an On-line Course?

Advantages	Disadvantages
Faculty become facilitators of learning	Faculty role is not face to face teaching
Adult students with busy schedules	May not actually have time for course
Need Mature, self motivated student	Some can not learn independently
Any time delivery - Asynchronous	None
Chat room discussion	Time when all are available
Computer Technology	Computer literate, computer access
Advanced software, "plug-ins"	Less than "state of art" computer avail.
Promotes Increased Communication	Lack of personal contact with students
Students Interact more with content	Need independent study skills
Create "virtual" text book	Good internet sites may "disappear"
Graphics, simulations, audio available	Need "plug-ins" for student computers
Very current, up to date content	Time consuming searches, HTML page set up, continuous monitoring