Wednesday, February 11, 2009

And now, a word about distance ed, that wave of the future...

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that the results of two surveys conducted by the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges reveal widespread skepticism about the effectiveness of online education.


excerpt:

...online education doesn't translate into better learning outcomes, said respondents in the faculty survey. More than 10,000 faculty members at 67 public campuses responded to the survey.

While 30 percent of faculty members surveyed felt that online courses provided superior or equivalent learning outcomes when compared with face-to-face classes, 70 percent felt that learning outcomes were inferior...

... a majority of faculty members felt that institutions provided inadequate compensation for those taking on the additional responsibility of teaching online courses. And many respondents said that students needed more discipline before they could benefit from online instruction. Low retention rates among students and the lack of consideration of online teaching experience in tenure-and-promotion decisions were also cited as barriers to faculty interest in online teaching...

For the rest, click here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The link doesn't work! My dean needs to see this...

Anonymous said...

Try this:
http://chronicle.com/free/2009/02/11232n.htm?rss

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