Lee Won-jin, 17, a Seoul high school senior who has also attended the offline Megastudy classes and who is not related to Lee Jee-nee, said, "You pay less attention in online classes than in real offline classrooms where you face the teacher in the flesh".
"People have a desire to learn, but most MOOCs are set up similar to offline, classroom-held courses.
They can learn on their own time, through online courseware or hybrid online-offline "flipped classroom" models.
And what about offline, in the classrooms?
In this study, face-to-face means "offline and in a classroom setting," but this model of online education blended with a face-to-face component hints at the strength of online mentorship.
So far, Securexam, created by Software Secure Inc. of Burlington, Mass., is designed only to provide security offline -- in computer-equipped classrooms and on student laptops -- and whether it will become widely used remains to be seen.
The essence of learning is found neither inside nor outside the classroom, neither online nor offline.
For the last couple of years, she has also worked at the university as an assistant professor, where she's primarily focused on making classrooms, both online and offline, far more engaging.
You can download the entire classroom to your laptop and work offline.
In one scenario, a centralized device – like the host of an offline game or a teacher's device in a classroom quiz app – could be connected to other nearby devices.
Today there are some pen pal Web sites, and programs like the wonderful Flat Stanley, which connects students and classrooms using a variety of online and offline tools.
