Online graduate degree programs are being offered worldwide. In many respects, the programs are like the same degree programs available in a traditional campus environment, but in several key aspects, they are very different.
First, online degree programs do not offer one-on-one time with the professors. On campus, professors hold regular office hours and expect to have conferences with their graduate students. In addition, many opportunities present themselves for informal interactions before and after class or in chance meetings on campus. Some professors invite their graduate students to their homes or otherwise make themselves available in semi-social settings. In contrast, online professors are unable to see their graduate students in person and, consequently, do not know them very well.
Second, many online graduate programs are not as challenging or as high quality as their on-campus counterparts. In fact, some courses are so easy that students are able to complete them online in one weekend. For the most part, senior faculty members refuse to teach the online courses, contributing to the difference in quality of the online and on-campus courses with the same titles. Many excellent professors view the huge numbers in the online classes as an impediment. Technology allows for more students to take the same course, and junior faculty or graders provide feedback on assignments that are graded by senior faculty teaching on campus.
Third, top schools do not offer online degree programs. Although non-credit courses or even a handful of credit courses may be available, the best schools still require that graduate students complete a more conventional program with most of their time spent in residence on campus. For students who want a graduate degree from a prestigious university, online options are not open to them.
The article states that online degree programs are not as effective as the conventional campus degrees and provides three reasons of support. However, the professor explains that online degree programs have their own advantages and refutes each of the author's reasons.
First, the reading claims that online programs do not offer one-to-one time interaction of the students with the professors. The professor however refutes this point by saying that it is upto the students whether they want to interact with the professor or not.He also states that there are various modes of interecation with professors in online programs such as chat, email and telephone calls.
Second, the article posits that the online degrees are not as challanging or as high quality as the on campus programs. In addition, the article states, junior faculty gives the feedback to the studens on their assignments in contrast to the senior faculty on the campus.However, the professor says that quality of the online courses are also up to the mark . He provides an example where his students were enrolled in an online course, the students had thought that the couse would be easier than the campus courses but found just opposite of what they had expected.Moreover, the online course requires self discipline as students have to manage technology along with the content of study.
Third, the article claims that top schools do not offer online courses. The professor opposes this point and states even top schools provide online courses. He says that, every Ivy League colleges except the Princeton Universtiy offers onine coursed to the students. In addition, most of the top colleges also offers this facility by providing an one term residency requirement .
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...viding an one term residency requirement .
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, moreover, second, so, third, in addition, in contrast, such as, in contrast to
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 10.4613686534 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 30.3222958057 106% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1467.0 1373.03311258 107% => OK
No of words: 280.0 270.72406181 103% => OK
Chars per words: 5.23928571429 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.09062348924 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.65766598191 2.5805825403 103% => OK
Unique words: 148.0 145.348785872 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.528571428571 0.540411800872 98% => OK
syllable_count: 453.6 419.366225166 108% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 13.0662251656 84% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 25.0 21.2450331126 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 80.0300563373 49.2860985944 162% => OK
Chars per sentence: 133.363636364 110.228320801 121% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.4545454545 21.698381199 117% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.54545454545 7.06452816374 135% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 4.19205298013 143% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 4.45695364238 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.264018191948 0.272083759551 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.11626242902 0.0996497079465 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0941293621534 0.0662205650399 142% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.179638118387 0.162205337803 111% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.112370366723 0.0443174109184 254% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.0 13.3589403974 120% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 53.8541721854 86% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 11.0289183223 118% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.41 12.2367328918 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.94 8.42419426049 106% => OK
difficult_words: 72.0 63.6247240618 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.7273730684 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 10.498013245 114% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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