free to do the work whenever you want to, which makes life less stressful, you are given what you need to do and by when way ahead of time, so you can plan around when you are free.  Next, it saves a lot of time from actually going to class.  Since there are no class notes, you get all your information out of the text book, so you  only need to study one thing.  Also, compared to other classes I do almost no work at all in these online classes, but I have still learned a ton.  Through the linguistics class I have greatly expanded my vocabulary, and through my political science class I have learned everything I know about politics.  To help in each class, PS gave a 5 percent bonus on each test as a way for curving the grades if you turned everything in before the deadline, and linguistics has multiple extra credit assignments which aid in your learning of the material and also your letter grade.  Lastly and most importantly, in a normal class, if you go to each class you spend 30 to 40 hours there a term, plus time for homework.  I'd say overall that I have spent a total of 40 hours for both classes total, which is all productive time too, instead of the usual day dreaming in class.
In my opinion, I think an online class could help anybody.  To be nice to myself, I'd say I have below average reading and vocabulary skills, so I believe that if I can learn this much in as little time as these online classes have taken me, anybody else could too.

by Jeffry Lamb

After sports and the entire math department, the next best thing at the University of Oregon is online classes.  If you are like Cathie, and don't know about them yet, then you are definitely missing out on something great.  I was introduced to them by some friends in my dorm hall last year. They were given the recommendation from members of their frat.  So far I am in the middle of taking my second one, but by the time I graduate, I will probably have taken every one that the school has to offer. 
Even though they are called online classes, there isn't much else online than a normal class.  The course has a webpage that tells you what you need to read and any assignments you need to do.  For both classes that I have taken, Linguistics 150 which fills part of the arts and letters requirement and Poly-Sci 201which fills part of the social sciences requirement, the class was divided into 4 sections, which you must finish before the deadline approximately every three weeks.  Each section consists of a written assignment and a test, which you must take in the distance education lab which is located in Mackenzie.  The tests for both classes have been 50 questions each, and are very factual on the information you read. Being a math major I am very happy with factual tests, because I'm not very good at thinking creatively or even rationally.  To get sidetracked that is why I think math is so great, because there are definite answers, and that is also why I think factual tests are good.  But back to the online classes.  The written assignments consisted of a 300-word essay for PS 201 and word analysis for 5 words per section for linguistics.
So what are the advantages of taking an online class compared to a regular class. Well first and foremost, you don't have to actually go to class.  Second, other than the 3-week deadlines you are

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