This scene from "Real Genius" was a deserved shot at academia teaching practices. Internet is just as good.
Online learning does not line the pockets of teachers unions or serve as child care for working parents, so this report will not translate into changes in how (or how much) government education money is spent without a lot of pushing.
Teachers get to do LESS and benefit from that.
but the state hits the jackpot with property taxes when it cuts it bricks-and-mortar infrastructure so drastically. not necessarily a bad thing, either. I'm just pointing out their incentive.
But, yeah, how is that one union gonna get its cut?
I suspect one reason is online learners tend to be working adults that are taking the classes to further their career. They have an incentive to do well.
College classrooms tend to be filled with young adults who are there as much for the “college experience” as anything else. Most are happy just not flunking out so they can stay in school another year.
Does this study take into account differences in student makeup between the two types of class? For instance, many students in higher-ed online classes are older, with jobs and families, and so forth. Such students might, on average, be expected to outperform the typical 18-to-20-year-old no matter what the setting.
It doesn’t say if the kiddiepoos did better with online instruction or if that was just the adults.
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One can find a “study” to support just about any claim you want to make. Especially true for the NY Times which is so prone to misrepresentation of what the study CONCLUDES!!
I have designed and taught online college level courses for several years. The effectiveness of online education is the same as that for the conventional classroom....student motivation and personal responsibility. It is not so much about process, rather it is mostly about input.
This scene from "Real Genius" was a deserved shot at academia teaching practices. Internet is just as good.
Teaching online is actually more difficult and sometimes the technology itself is a problem. Technical difficulties like server failures, classroom management programs not working as intended and students having problems with their computer hardware or software are issues you don't face in a classroom.
Proposal for the Free Republic High School Diploma.
Saturday, January 08, 2005 2:35:26 PM · by Kevin OMalley · 34 replies · 1,631+ views
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My son will be starting his third year of online High School next week. It has been wonderful.
He failed just about every subject in 9th grade at our local High School. Then he failed them all again during Summer School.
He’s a terrible student and failed mostly because he would lose or forget assignments and homework. He spent just about every Saturday at detention for being late to classes (the school is huge and hard to navigate).
We signed him up for a charter cyber school. He’s completed 9th and 10th grade and starting 11th grade now.
We’ve found that he needs to spend only 3 hours a day doing cyber school work to get a mediocre grade. The courses are difficult but I can be there to help him if needed. I also know everyday what he has accomplished and what he’s falling behind on. He can’t lose his homework or assignemts.
The teachers are accessible and most are really wonderful.
It has been the best thing for him. I don’t think he would have made it to 11th grade in regular high school.