if you're an older student, very disciplined, take an online course. >> if you are taking online courses, you've got to be prepared with glitches with your technology and also saying you should consider some things about the teacher, as well. what is that? >> right. well, if you're a technophobe or you have an unreliable connection, it's going to be difficult to complete. secondly, teaching an online course is just like anything else and people get better about it with practice. it's a new field, so a lot of professors are entering into this and not so good at it. it's kind of good to check and see if your teacher has had some experience. and there are some websites where you can see what other students think about them. >> and the last thing here that i think a lot of people might think that the teachers aren't going to know if you cheat. you're saying not so fast. >> right. it's so easy when you're online to highlight a little phrase from wikipedia and cut and paste