Q: I am thinking about taking an online course but I’m not sure if I will be able to learn as much as I would if I were in-person? Can you shed some light? A: Because we offer our training programs both in-person and online we often get asked about the online learning environment and whether it is right for you. The short answer is that sometimes it is and sometimes it isn’t. If you are the type of person that needs the physical environment to fully understand and grasp new material then online learning could pose a challenge. One of the biggest challenges to online training is that there is no community of students physically in a classroom with you, no teacher/professor at the front of the room to answer immediate questions, or stimulation of people around you to help enhance the learning process. However, there are benefits to training online. Based on the feedback we have received from students in our online learning courses, here are the top three reasons people like learning online: