Online learning in higher education is no panacea by ROBERT J. STERNBERG

"Online learning is useful for helping students master a body of declarative (factual) knowledge — for example, to learn basic facts of geography or biology." summarizes Sternberg, Oklahoma State University.


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It also helps provide an environment to simulate procedural knowledge, such as operating the instruments in the cockpit of a plane. Its usefulness ensures that online learning will continue to play an important role in supplementing face-to-face instruction.

For people at a great distance from a college campus or whose responsibilities preclude study on campus, or whose finances won't permit face-to face instruction, exclusively online learning provides a useful option. For others, a hybrid of online learning with face-to-face learning provides a better option. Online learning can't fully provide five major functions of higher education:
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Source: NewsOK.com