By LAUREN REES, The Register-Mail
It appears the classes are addressing a student need — online enrollments have skyrocketed more than 1,525 percent since 2000, from a little more than 13,000 to roughly 220,000, according to the Illinois Virtual Campus. In the fall of 2000 at CSC, only 167 students were enrolled in online courses. Nine years later, enrollments totaled over 900. “It’s expanding exponentially,” CSC dean of the library Mike Walters said. He coordinates distance learning, which used to mean sending courses on stored media (videotape mostly) to students or completing courses via correspondence. Now, he said it mostly means learning via the Internet. And even if CSC doesn’t offer a particular course, it’s a member of Illinois Community Colleges Online, where students have access to other community college’s course offerings. Through ILCCO, CSC students can take courses offered by other schools, but get credit at CSC.
http://www.galesburg.com/education/x1057815686/Schools-like-CSC-see-huge-increase-in-students-taking-courses-online
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