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Page 44 2018 EDUCATION MAGAZINE LINCOLN DAILY NEWS MARCH 1, 2018 The content must be appropriate for an online course. Certain courses may work better when taught in the classroom. For instance, courses such as math may not work as well online since students are used to seeing a professor do math problems on the board and then being able to ask questions about the problems. Though students can watch videos showing someone work out math problems, students who struggle with math may not be able to get the help they need. In any type of online course, it is important to ask for help when you need it. Contact your instructor when you need to ask a question about something you do not understand. If you do not ask for help, the instructor will not know anything is wrong. For those who may wonder how well students do in online courses, many studies have examined how taking online classes affects performance in courses and found that scores for online learners were often just as high and sometimes even higher than those in traditional courses. As Kristin DeAngelis and J. Garvey Pyke say in their article, Online Learning: Is it Effective?, “The data and research show that students learn just as effectively in an online environment as in a traditional classroom. Various studies have shown that online students not only match the performance of traditional students, but surpass them.” Once you know the advantages and disadvantages of online learning, it is up to you to decided whether it fits your needs. [Angela Reiners] Erstad, Will. “Online vs. Traditional Education: What You Need to Know.” Rasmussen College. August 16, 2017. http:// www.rasmussen.edu/student-life/blogs/ college-life/online-vs-traditional-education- answer-never-expected/ DeAngelis, Kristin, and J. Garvey Pike. “Online Learning: Is it Effective?” University of North Carolina at CharlotteCenter for Teaching and Learning. 2006. https://teaching.uncc.edu/learning-resources/ articles-books/tip-sheets/it-effective