1. The Top Ten Reasons NOT to teach a Distance Learning Class Joseph Ugoretz Director of Technology and Learning Macaulay Honors College

2. “ Students don’t really learn in those classes”

3. “ I like to have more contact with my students. I need to see their faces and look in their eyes.”

4. “ Don’t those classes take a lot of time?”

5. “ I don’t know how to set up that kind of class.”

6. “ I’m not very good with computers.”

7. “ What about intellectual property? I don’t want my lectures to belong to someone else!”

8. “ I don’t want to be replaced by a machine!”

9. “ What about the digital divide? Most of our students don’t even have computers at home.”

10. “ My course depends on discussion and interaction, and of course you can’t have that online.”

11. “ I just don’t think it’s right for me.”