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Identical is a strong word. Can you give an overview of how group projects are structured?

• lfowles 12y ago
  Not sure about that specific school, but when I was an undergrad in higher level classes, it wasn't uncommon to have the online masters students in the same section. Only difference was that oral reports from them would be recorded in advance. Edit: I can't remember having to do a group project with an online student though. I think they may have been able to do a smaller project by themselves for the group assignments.
• eranation 12y ago
  Well, the given degree (I mean, the diploma) is identical. Take two students, an on campus one and an online one (hopefully the first will graduate around end of 2015 beginning of 2016) and compare them, (except the name of the student), it will be identical. Regarding the degree program itself, the material and rigor (assignments, tests etc), is also identical. However the process it's obviously different. We use Piazza for collaboration, and for group projects google hangouts. I had a great project last semester with a team of people all around the US (the course staff puts people together by timezone and native language spoken to make it more feasible). It worked great! Just like today's workplace is distributed, working with remote teams or working from home is no longer a niche, then why should education be any different? If I had the time (and budget), I would prefer an on-campus program, mostly due to the social aspect, networking, and fun aspect of it. But I'm not in my 20s. I have kids and a day job, and what GT did was simply the only way I would go for a graduate degree. (I didn't need it per-se, I do it because it's fun and interesting and cost effective at their current price range. had it been higher, I don't think I would go for it)