Sizing the Opportunity
Jeff Seaman,
The Sloan Consortium,
Sept 04, 2003
This interesting survey released by the Sloan Consortium indicates that more than a million and a half students in the U.S. are taking online courses and that, given the choice, students will enroll in online learning. Additionally, questions about the effectiveness of online learning are disapprearing: in the future, the questions will examine how online learning is (or can be) better than traditional learning. Leading the way in the adoption of online learning 9contrary to the dire warning of the Nobles and the Eskows of the world) are public non-profit institutions: private for-profit institutions are lagging (and therefore projected by the authors to represent the greatest potential for growth). The sole cloud in this otherwise sparkling image is faculty acceptance: while a slim majority have a positive attitude toward online learning, a strong minority stand unconvinced. Thanks, Mitch, for sending me this link.
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