How has online learning changed Education?

http://edudemic.com/2011/06/online-learning/

by jagbolanos • 15 years ago

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tokenadult• 15 years ago

All the submitted blog post does is reproduce the industry-supplied infographic, without establishing any context.

To me, the interesting application of online learning is not in higher education, the focus of the infographic, but rather in K-12 education, where there is far less competition among providers. Online learning and other forms of distance education can allow bright learners in underperforming schools to take supplemental classes in mathematics (a huge market for online courses), computer programming, English vocabulary, and even more interactive subjects such as humanities and lab sciences. That lets young learners learn more faster. That has been a great help for my children as they develop their skill sets for the twenty-first century.

Here are links to some K-12 providers of online classes:

http://cty.jhu.edu/ctyonline/

http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/gll/

http://epgy.stanford.edu/

http://www.aleks.com/

This list is far from exhaustive, but includes providers my family has used or is now using.

joshmlewis• 15 years ago

I know from personal experience spending my 10th and 11th grade years doing public online school that you can literally cheat your whole way through, not get caught, and come away learning nothing. Take it how you want it. And now I work at a startup, so im ok but I worry about all the other kids.

jagbolanos• 15 years ago

It depends on what you understand as not get caught. I believe that the problem is not about online learning but on knowledge assessment and certification. There is were actually is necessary some disruption, that somehow you diplomas are based on proved skills and knowledge.

How has online learning changed Education?

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