by the Telegram
The biggest challenge for the online student is the same as it has always been for distance education: Do you have the willpower to finish what you start? According to survey data released last year by nonpartisan, nonprofit Public Agenda, 61 percent of community college students said online classes require more discipline from students than traditional classes. What’s more, despite the recognition that online learning is quickly becoming mainstream in higher education, the survey data suggest that while employers and students recognize a role for online education, at this point at least, they do not trust it as much as they do traditional education. And many community college students currently taking online classes wish they took fewer of them.
http://www.telegram.com/article/20140202/COLUMN72/302029986
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