In your opinion, are on-line courses and programs as effective as traditional courses and programs? Why yes or why no? Give reasons and examples to support your views.

Human beings, as an outcome of centuries of evolution, developed sciences and technology in order to improve their living conditions. Technology nowadays affects almost every aspect of life and lately tends to "expand" within the educational field through on-line programs; the above though arouses controversy over on-line and traditional teaching. In order to analyze the phenomenon, it is absolutely necessary to determine the two terms involved, "on-line" and "traditional" teaching. The first term refers to …

…arisen within the educational field is composed of two parts. The part that votes against Net-teaching emphasizes on the less effective character of on-line courses compared to the on-group ones, while the part that votes for on-line courses supports the opposite. However though there is no doubt that if technological progress ever managed to combine each method's advantages to the other's, would definitely result to a perfectly effective educational system that everyone could benefit from.