I took a few online courses for my grad school and it really just depends on teachers and the course really. I don't believe you will find what you like by doing online course cause your not in the environment to get the full potential of the teacher. Also you are basically forced to learn it on your own and often that is not fun. Online courses can be easy and tough. They are easier because of the great flexibility of no classes and to do work whenever you want. Its harder at times because since you do not meet teachers are forced to assign more work to make sure you understand the topic. I had courses over WebCT and we actually met online a couple times a week at noon on certain days to discuss questions etc.. Teachers are almost always at your disposal but with emailing their can be delays which can be hard. I did write a lot but I was in my seminar class for my masters program. I wouldn't say that you write more in online courses because it really depends on the teachers, but their is a lot of factors that you don't get to experience as opposed to a classroom. I would say take the courses in the classroom just because of the ample amounts of questions and various situations that you will never experience outside of the classroom. It's just not the same experience at all. If you are doing online courses because of work, then look into taking classes on weekends only. My masters program was strictly weekends only every other weekend for 5 weeks. I had to be on top of things but it was still a great way of learning. I had class from 5:30pm-10:30pm on friday and 9am-5pm on sat. Which is a long time in the classroom but you accomplish more because you don't just go for an hour then take days off. Everything stays fresh in your mind and you learn what you need to learn those two days then carry on to the next topic the week after.

I got my undergrad in political science and my masters in public administration.
I worked as a supervisor of intramural sports for my university for a couple of years.

I plan on attending law school in the fall so I am not really doing much right now besides preparing for law school.

What kind of things do you enjoy doing it will help to figure out what you want to major in? In my experience college degrees are used but it seems like half of the people I know do not use their degree in the area they majored in. The economy right now just forces you to take a job right now so you wont always need the right degree for a job. Most of the time as long as your in the appropriate area you will be fine.