By the Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
With the first semester of an experiment in online education over in mid-May and the second semester’s courses in progress until Aug. 9, headlines across the country already pronounced the experiment a failure. This rush to judgment was based on basic misunderstanding about the design of the pilot project and was deeply misguided. This project still deserves a chance. Brown said in January that “Failure is the precursor for success … because you learn,” the point of a pilot project. The problem, Lillian Taiz, president of the California Faculty Association, told the Chronicle of Higher Education is “all the hype.” The early data should “bring us down to earth.” Reaching low-income, first-generation college-goers through online courses has promise. But it will not be an overnight miracle to long-standing education challenges.
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/07/28/5600142/editorial-online-classesshow-promise.html
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