Some assume that online education is not a suitable medium for courses that rely on the Socratic Method. But the philosophy professors at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro are skeptical.
The Greensboro philosophy department, which already offers online versions of eight of its courses, has adapted two additional ones, including a "capstone" seminar, for the Web. Pending the approval of the university system's general administration, the new courses would make it possible to earn an undergraduate philosophy degree from Greensboro without setting foot on its campus. ...