First advice is to take the class, that way you can understand better for yourself
what the strengths and weaknesses and opportunities and pitfalls of online education are
another piece of advice I have goes back to time management
to me, my way of thinking, online courses almost require more time than their face to face counterparts
so understanding that, and understanding as an instructor but then as a student
you've got to be to my way of thinking more motivated, more dedicated because you've got get up and you've got to do these classes.
on your own time, there's no classroom meeting, there's no nothing
it's there, you see your syllabus and it's 100% your responsibility.
to get it done, so I think it takes better time management than face to face.
and the last piece of advice I have to online anybody, teachers or students, you hope for the best but you prepare for the worst.
These online platforms are marvelous things, they're great things.
but they're machine, and they're machines built by men, so they will crash
at some point the online platform will experience a technical issue, you know I go back to the floods in 2015
great pieces of this state were without telephone lines.
for a great amount of time, which meant that great pieces of this state couldn't do online education, because there was no internet
so be ready for electronic issues, especially for a student, don't intend to wait
until midnight to get your assignment in, because they could be doing server maintenance at midnight
so be prepared for the platform to break, be prepared for that to happen
and have a plan, as an instructor have a plan for the class, but as student have a plan for yourself to deal with tech and it's interruptions.