Off-campus students take advantage of online courses
Students have selection of 450 classes offered
Nick Ngo
Issue date: 9/28/07 Section: News
Students facing schedule conflict problems when registering for classes usually have a couple of options: not take that class, drop the other class to take the latter or take the online course.
According to Mark Merickel, OSU Extended Campus associate dean, there has been an increase in students taking online courses.
OSU Extended Campus has been growing throughout the years to accommodate not only the educational needs of students living off-campus, but those on campus as well.
"We really noticed a large demographic two years ago for [on-campus] students to choose online courses," Merickel said. "The E-Campus organization unit was developed to help the off-campus students, but (now) more students choose to go online."
Online courses were originally created for the purpose of allowing students who live off-campus to work towards an education. However, Merickel said that as the extended campus kept growing, more students began to jump in.
"It really started happening about four years ago," Merickel said. "We have worked very hard to develop a larger inventory for students to learn their degree. In building such a robust inventory that made it more available to students."
The majority of students who enroll in online courses are from Oregon, although, there are a number of students outside the state enrolled in online courses as well.
"Last year we had a student from each state and 14 foreign countries, at some point in the year taking courses in E-Campus," said Lisa Templeton, OSU Extended Campus director of marketing and communications.
"The advantage is there's greater access, there's more availability with regards to flexibility to meeting the students schedule," Merickel said.
Merickel also points to the advantages of digital resources.
"You (have) tremendous resources at your finger tips. We try to build courses that (are compatible with) the library system so that content and digital material are available to students - so they don't have to run around and do Google searches," he said.
According to Mark Merickel, OSU Extended Campus associate dean, there has been an increase in students taking online courses.
OSU Extended Campus has been growing throughout the years to accommodate not only the educational needs of students living off-campus, but those on campus as well.
"We really noticed a large demographic two years ago for [on-campus] students to choose online courses," Merickel said. "The E-Campus organization unit was developed to help the off-campus students, but (now) more students choose to go online."
Online courses were originally created for the purpose of allowing students who live off-campus to work towards an education. However, Merickel said that as the extended campus kept growing, more students began to jump in.
"It really started happening about four years ago," Merickel said. "We have worked very hard to develop a larger inventory for students to learn their degree. In building such a robust inventory that made it more available to students."
The majority of students who enroll in online courses are from Oregon, although, there are a number of students outside the state enrolled in online courses as well.
"Last year we had a student from each state and 14 foreign countries, at some point in the year taking courses in E-Campus," said Lisa Templeton, OSU Extended Campus director of marketing and communications.
"The advantage is there's greater access, there's more availability with regards to flexibility to meeting the students schedule," Merickel said.
Merickel also points to the advantages of digital resources.
"You (have) tremendous resources at your finger tips. We try to build courses that (are compatible with) the library system so that content and digital material are available to students - so they don't have to run around and do Google searches," he said.
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