October 13, 2000

Students Appear More Willing to Discuss Personal-Health Issues Online

By SARAH CARR

After teaching courses on issues in health and sexuality for 20 years, Richard Blonna thought he had learned how to help his students feel comfortable discussing personal topics in class.

But last year he discovered that the Internet can sometimes accomplish far more in this regard than a professor can.

Mr. Blonna, a professor at William Paterson University of New Jersey, put sections of the two courses completely online, spurring class discussions that

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