Friday 8 December 2017

Wary of Online Degrees? There’s Probably a Residency Program in Your Field

By Henry Kronk, eLearning Inside

The benefits of online education and remote degrees has been proven. It may not be able to replace all in-person, traditional instruction in every field, but it can come pretty close. In some cases, it can even exceed a traditional college course. But online programs also come with their challenges. A singular obstacle is that, by their nature, they can be isolating. “In the 1990s,” wrote Professor Wen-Li Chyr in a recent study, “it was found that students felt physically isolated when they participated in online courses, especially when the instructor could not immediately provide feedback to learners … These issues are still present today.”

Wary of Online Degrees? There’s Probably a Residency Program in Your Field

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from Educational Technology http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/?p=34412

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