Interview+Questions

//**What are the benefits and difficulties of an online graduate program?**//
1. What brought you to the program? a. Would you have pursued the degree if it had not been offered online? i. Are job opportunities enhanced by that fact that the degree is online? How or Why? 2. Can you list the positives of the program? 3. Can you list the negatives of the program? 4. How many courses have you taken online? How many face-to-face? a. Can you compare the online courses you are taking to face-to-face courses in education? (I think we should get rid of education? – this is presupposing that people have taken face-to-face in ed) b. Can you compare the workload of online and face-to-face courses? c. Has there been a time when doing an assignment, or communicating with others in the class was a better experience online than it would have been face-to-face? 5. Have you experienced any frustrations with this program so far? a. Tell me about a time that was particularly frustrating. b. Are these frustrations unique to the online nature of this program? c. What has been your biggest frustration online coursework (or this program) so far? d. Have you done anything to amend these problems? e. Have your problems been resolved? 6. What is your overall feeling about the program so far? Why do you think that is? a. How do you feel that your online degree is perceived by others (friends, family, coworkers, employer)? i. Are you experiencing anything as a result of this? ii. How does this make you feel?