by Susan Snyder, Philly.com
Online learning is getting a boost at area colleges and universities this semester, as snow, ice and power outages continue to force closures at a rate not seen in recent memory. With some schools already having closed for as many as seven days, mostly since the start of the second semester, schools are asking professors to use more online lectures, journals, blogs, quizzes, database research and other methods that don’t require face-to-face meetings, officials said. “Because instructors meet semester outcomes through online, face-to-face, and/or out-of-class learning experiences, they are able to shift to the use of more technology to stay connected with their students when meeting face-to-face is not possible,” said Anne Skelder, provost and vice president of academic affairs for Cabrini College in Radnor, which has closed seven days this academic year due to weather and power outages.
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