In Your Opinion, Are On-Line Courses and Programs as Effective as Traditional Courses and Programs?

Human beings, as an outcome of centuries of evolution, developed sciences and technology in order to improve their living conditions. Technology nowadays affects almost every aspect of life and lately tends to "expand" within the educational field through on-line programs; the above though arouses controversy over on-line and traditional teaching.
In order to analyze the phenomenon, it is absolutely necessary to determine the two terms involved, "on-line" and "traditional" teaching. …