Syag > Online classes is a very poor substitute for being taught by humans.
I am not suggestion a substitute. I am suggesting an enrichment. There is a lot that can be done online that is hard to do offline, especially in our schools where focus/spending is on other subjects. And, of course, you can do online badly, same way as you can do in person …
Correct answers due to random clicks are easy to see. If a multiple choice has 4 choices, 25% will be totally random. So, anything above that is an achievement 🙂
With my kids, where we do more online, we do not leave everything to computers. We have discussions all the time, kids with me and often with each other. Younger kids needle the older ones when they happen to learn a similar material. At more mature college level, the kids are saying that they have more control when listening to online lectures – they can skip or repeat as needed, and they don’t need to dress up and walk just to sit and wait until everyone comes in and have a small talk …