By Kerstin Lundgren
kerstin@newsroom.byu.edu
The flexibility of the Accounting 200 online course is appealing to BYU students and teachers.
Norm Nemrow, professor and creator of the Accounting 200 online and CD course, said now students can go at their own pace.
'In class, I would have students that were bored, and other students that needed me to repeat concepts,' Nemrow said. Dan Litchfield, a sophomore from Seattle, Wash., majoring in accounting, said he likes that he can go as slow or as fast as he wants with the CD lessons.
'It gives me the chance to stop and repeat lectures if I need to,' Litchfield said.
Nemrow's online course started Spring semester.
Student's feedback was positive, Nemrow said.
Almost seventy-five percent of his spring students preferred the online course to the regular course, he said.
Wendy Heintzelman, a sophomore from Orlando, Fla., majoring in Spanish and psychology, said the class has been really informative because of its real-world application.
Now that weekly class attendance is not required, Nemrow has scheduled six required lectures with guest speakers.
Steve Albrecht, Associate Dean of the Marriott School of Management, is scheduled to speak about white-collar crime and business fraud.
There have been some problems with this course, Nemrow said. Brandon Everett, a sophomore from Sacramento, California majoring in information systems management, said there have been technical problems.
'I haven't been able to get on the web page for the past four days,' Everett said.
Nemrow said the biggest problem has been the online features not working
Most of the class is on six CDs including Nemrow's lectures and visuals, which has not caused technical difficulties. Nemrow said that, to his knowledge, many of the other 108 online courses offered at BYU are not as extensive as this Accounting 200 course.
'I hope this online/CD course can be a model for others to use,' Nemrow said.
Dave Ferrel, a junior from Gaithersburg, Md., majoring in accounting, said, 'There is no limit to how much good technology interaction you can get.'