In today’s ever increasingly technological world, what’s the value of an online education?
I’m currently in the last semester (I hope) of an A.A.S. degree from a state College. I’ve been looking into my options as far as transferring into a four-year program go, as education is something that’s pretty important to me.
Just today I received an acceptance letter to Indiana State University, which is about an hour away. To be honest, I’m not real excited about that. Okay, I’m not excited at all. I don’t really care about their CS/IT programs. Security is where my interest lies, with networking coming in close behind. Information Security is my passion.
Recently, I came across Capella University, a fully accredited institution offering a B.S. in Information Security. They’ve received and evaluated a copy of my official transcripts and, if I transferred right now, I’d receive credit for nearly 50% of the courses in the curriculm. That’s pretty exciting to me, as I don’t want to have to “redo” the last few years worth of work.
I think I’m definitely not the typical college student. I started college a month short of my 24th birthday, and it’s taken me three years to get where I am now (three courses shy of an A.A.S.). That’s mainly because of time commitments — I work full-time at said educational institution, as well as running a business on the side.
Personally, I’m wondering how much educational value I’d get out of any CS/IT/IS program. My knowledge has been gained “in the field” and from hands-on work. I think that’s a much better way to learn myself, but I can’t deny that adding a bachelor’s degree to my resume is going to help things out.
My main area of interest right now, however, is in what others experiences have been when it comes to traditional classroom-based instruction versus the newer online instruction. Anyone think that one is better than the other? Feel free to post comments below or use the contact form available here to send privately via e-mail.
Thanks for any feedback.
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