Online Learning Update

January 3, 2011

Online learning trends

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:01 am

by Dominick Inglese, the Examiner

Many public schools in the United States are offering online classes to reach potential drop-outs and to supplement instruction on snow days. Recently, the natural inclination of many education institutions is to offer online learning opportunities, with the hybrid approach winning the hearts of those who are skeptical of online learning. Advocates of online learning continue to point out the benefits of asynchronous education. The challenging aspect of online learning is one of those benefits! Online learning is not easy. It takes self-discipline. Online learners are forced to learn time management skills and they begin to appreciate the value of the internet. For distance learning advocates, the challenge of online learning is beneficial and a selling point of the proposal. The challenge, according to a recent report by Digital Learning Now, is to create effective high-quality online lessons and make those lesson accessible to those who are eligible.

http://www.examiner.com/esl-in-national/online-learning-trends

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