Online Learning Update

August 4, 2015

Online education is here to stay

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:08 am

by HARI K. RAJAGOPALAN, the Hindu

I work in a small public university in South Carolina, U.S., and we pride ourselves on providing an excellent liberal arts education. The School of Business is accredited at the highest level by AACSB, an international accreditation body. The 2008 recession and the resulting slump in the economy caused enrolments in the MBA programme to drop. The first thing we did was take a survey of our former students and companies in our area who pay for their employees to do an MBA. The most important feedback was that attending classes from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. after a full day’s work was not convenient for them. Online programmes, they pointed out, were convenient and more suitable for working adults. Online learning is here to stay and I believe it will revolutionise the education industry. It will make learning more accessible, cheaper and might enhance the learning experience for students if done properly. It is important, however, to ensure that the learning experience is legitimate and implemented correctly.

http://www.thehindu.com/features/education/college-and-university/online-education-is-here-to-stay/article7464376.ece

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