In high school, I took a course called Career and Life Management (CALM). This course was required to graduate. This was my first online course I took, I noticed certain aspects that were not necessarily related to the course curriculum but rather than the overall experience of taking a course online. I noticed that online courses often lacked aspects that a classroom setting offered. For example, a classroom course often discussed basic information that the online classes were missing. I often found myself confused about how to navigate the online course. I was confused on where to start, where to submit assignments, and certain expectations for projects. This type of information is often very clear from the first class in a classroom setting. On the other hand, an online course has certain luxuries that a normal in class course cannot offer. Online courses tend to be more flexible, I am able to dedicate my time to the course based on my own time rather than an in-class course that required my attendance at a certain time. I also find that there is less pressure when communicating with peers. I am able to express myself with more liberty as I do not need to speak publicly and there is less association to me and my face online. I found that incorporating a communication channel for students for an online course gives it a human aspect to it. It gives a sense of community within the course and to connect with fellow students. I also found a great way to humanize an online course was when the professor provides feedback on the assignment. Not only did it increase the professor presence, that is already limited when you have never met them but I felt that I got to know the professor a bit better as well as gaining a general understanding of what the professor would like in future assignment based on the provided feedback. Lastly, I have never had the experience of synchronicity when taking an online course. I understand that there might be many obstacles with taking this route. Coordinating the schedule of many student may be challenging. I find that many students take online course as their schedule is already very challenging to begin with. With that being said, I often have meetings via webcam at my co-op and the entire experience is great. It is a great way to get in touch with individual that may be remote. To conclude, I find that an online course provides more options for student and provides a certain level of flexibility that I personally can appreciate. On the other hand, I think there is still some growth that may be require to improve the overall experience. Many of these aspect will improve as technology improve. For instance, video conferences were not an option 10 years ago but are now very common. Technology has given us the ability to eliminate many barrier we had before therefore I am optimistic to see what is next to come.