More than 30% of college students nation-wide take at least
one online course (http://sloanconsortium.org/news_press/january2013_new-study-over-67-million-students-learning-online).
I’m sure there were several reasons for this (not withstanding that some
courses are only offered inline due to declines in enrollment). Other reasons may fall in line for the purpose
of online education such as flexibility, convenience, practicality from the
student’s perspective.
What if we were to combine this? The hybrid format comes up
where students attend a portion of the class online and the other portion in
person.
What if we did it better? We give the student the total
option of attendance. The material is delivered in various ways: online and
in-person; then, giving the option to the student as to what format they wish
to learn from.
It may not be quite just from a learning standpoint to
expect a commitment to all-online or all-live for the full quarter or semester without
taking under consideration that even within a course material can be best delivered
in various ways and people learn things differently depending on the concept. With
this in mind, the commitment is then to complete the content of the course and
all the required assessments in a certain period of time regardless of where
the information came from.
Of course, as higher education, we should create a model
example of credible, valid, and reliable sources of information by developing
material to be delivered in various ways (and sharing).
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