Through the discussion in the class about on-line class versus face to face class, I thought back my experiences on both of them.
I personally thought that on-line learning made me lazy and I could not learn much through it comparing to the face to face learning, because I used to take several lessons at a day which I supposed to take everyday or I just clicked each pages quickly just to ensure that I took the classes on time for attendance score.
Today, I'm thinking of those experiences again... asking several questions to myself.
Then, couldn't I learn much through on-line classes?'
The answer is 'Yes, I did learn.'
Even though I put off studying on time, I could study things when I can, which was much more convenient and effective. Also, after quick clicking on the pages on time, I studied them back concretly when performing the tasks and tests. Especially when I learned 'teaching English through technology' in Korea, I could store the websites or the tools I learned through the class in my laptop easily and use them later.
'Was there anything I couldn't do on-line among which I could do in the face to face class?'
The answer is 'Not really'
I could ask questions to the instructor on-line through question board and I even could interact with other learners through discussion time.
The important thing is 'how well organized the on-line class is', not on-line class itself.
It is interesting that while taking this class, as I experience and learn about internet technologies more, I get positive about them more and more.
First, at the beginning of the discussion, I thought that I'd rather take face to face class to learn more than taking on-line class. However, at the end of the discussion, my mind has changed. Now, I think that I can learn well enough if the on-line class is well organized and even there are some advantages only on-line class can have such as time and place flexibility.

I agree with you Su. There's learning in online courses. I took an online course and I'm taking another one now and think that they take more time... I had/have to read the task, the recommended articles or chapters, post and reply. Reading almost everyone's posts takes time and then you have to think about your answers too.
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Mig.
like ENG 506 that we are taking now, I prefer to go to the class, not taking it online. For example, these PPTs that Dr. Dallas uploaded online. For me, it is more effective to listen to her explaination while watching PPT and disscuss together than to watch PPT myself online.
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