Online education is here to stay
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This website was designed to help faculty explore the possibilities and challenges of online learning. We will share the current research on best practices in online learning, and a comparison of the skill sets needed for face-to-face and online planning and teaching -- as well as very practical experiences and learnings developed as they successfully taught online courses.
Undergraduate and graduate online education enrollment in the United States is increasing three to four times faster than face-to-face classroom enrollment (Assianian and Clinefelter, 2013). Based on the responses of chief academic officers from more than 2,800 colleges and universities, Allen and Seaman (2013) reported that in 2011, approximately 6.7 million (almost one-third) of the 21 million college students in the United States took at least one course online. This large number of online students, which steadily increased over the previous ten years, parallels the increasingly positive viewpoints expressed by chief academic officers towards online learning. In 2002, less than 50% of the chief academic officers surveyed stated that online education was an important component in their institutions’ long term planning; however in 2011, this number had risen to 70%. Only 11.2 percent reported it as “not critical to their long term strategy” (Allen and Seaman, 2013, p. 4). Eduventure (2012) reported that approximately three million US students participated in totally online programs in 2011. Thus, it seems important for educators to explore how online education can be done most effectively.
On this website, university professors will share some of the design possibilities (both synchronous and asynchronous) for online courses, current research on best practices in online learning, tools to use for teaching and learning online, and a comparison of the skill sets needed for face-to-face and online planning and teaching -- as well as their very practical experiences and learnings as they have developed and taught online courses. All four are experienced university professors with years of face-to-face teaching. One has taught online courses for more than four years, one for a little less than a year and one for a semester. The fourth is in the process of developing an online course to begin in the spring of 2014.
References
Allen, I. El, & Seaman, J. (2013). Changing course: Ten years of tracking online education in the United States. Babson Park, MA: Babson survey Research Group. Retrieved from www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/chaningcourse.pdf
Asianian, C. B., & Clinefelter, D. L. (2013). Online college students 2013: Comprehensive data on demands and preferences. Louisville, .KY: The Learning House, Inc.
Eduventures, Inc. (2012). Online higher education market update 2012/13: Executive summary. Retrieved from http://www.enduventures.com/insights/online-higher-education-market-update/download/
On this website, university professors will share some of the design possibilities (both synchronous and asynchronous) for online courses, current research on best practices in online learning, tools to use for teaching and learning online, and a comparison of the skill sets needed for face-to-face and online planning and teaching -- as well as their very practical experiences and learnings as they have developed and taught online courses. All four are experienced university professors with years of face-to-face teaching. One has taught online courses for more than four years, one for a little less than a year and one for a semester. The fourth is in the process of developing an online course to begin in the spring of 2014.
References
Allen, I. El, & Seaman, J. (2013). Changing course: Ten years of tracking online education in the United States. Babson Park, MA: Babson survey Research Group. Retrieved from www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/chaningcourse.pdf
Asianian, C. B., & Clinefelter, D. L. (2013). Online college students 2013: Comprehensive data on demands and preferences. Louisville, .KY: The Learning House, Inc.
Eduventures, Inc. (2012). Online higher education market update 2012/13: Executive summary. Retrieved from http://www.enduventures.com/insights/online-higher-education-market-update/download/