JeffA:
What are the online courses like? Do they just get straight on with it or are they wasting endless hours with “everybody introduce yourself”, “has anybody got a story to share?” like they would in a classroom?
I had 3 different instructors over the 5 courses, 1 was good other 2 were ok.
I did the evening courses, 2 3½hr over 2 days. I wouldn’t want to do a 7hr one. Some people interacted with the instructor, then people like me had the pc on but spent most of the tine messing with my iPad 
Found it better than sitting in a classroom with a bunch of strangers, but very pleased its finished now for a few years.