In a New York Times article, Mr. Jeff Seaman, survey director for the Sloan Consortium, a nonprofit group that studies trends in online learning, said the biggest growth in online teaching has been at two-year colleges and that “public colleges are at the forefront.”
Distance learning has come a long way. Virginia’s Community Colleges has seen the number of students taking distance learning classes increase 14.5 percent bewteen 2006 and 2007. We are ahead of the curve compared to the most recent national data,
“Nearly 3.5 million students were taking online courses in the fall of 2006, up nearly 10 percent from the previous year,” said Mr. Seaman.
What does this mean for our colleges? For starters, new job opportunities for online teachers! Online teachers host virtual classes, virtual office hours and streamline video that remote students can view online. Read the full article.
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