How colleges are bringing online students into the classroom | Online Learning - Education Dive
Natalie Schwartz, Associate Editor, Higher Ed writes, Administrators at Educause shared ways they are preparing students for online courses and improving their experience once they're enrolled.
When online education entered the scene more than two
decades ago, its critics predicted it would dampen the quality of
college instruction. Today, the sector has shed some of those concerns,
with about one-third of students taking at least one course online.
Yet there's still room for improvement. Researchers have found that fully online programs and classes may contribute to equity gaps and lead to poorer outcomes for the least prepared students...
Below, we share how several administrators are moving online education forward at their institutions. Read more...
Hello, my name is Helge Scherlund and I am the Education Editor and Online Educator of this personal weblog and the founder of eLearning • Computer-Mediated Communication Center.
I have an education in the teaching adults and adult learning from Roskilde University, with Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) and Human Resource Development (HRD) as specially studied subjects. I am the author of several articles and publications about the use of decision support tools, e-learning and computer-mediated communication. I am a member of The Danish Mathematical Society (DMF), The Danish Society for Theoretical Statistics (DSTS) and an individual member of the European Mathematical Society (EMS). Note: Comments published here are purely my own and do not reflect those of my current or future employers or other organizations.
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