E-learning continues to grow

By John Moravec | 11/10/2006 | Filed under: Technology

The Sloan Consortium of online education institutions released its fourth annual report on the state of online learning in the United States. The report series asks key questions in regard to the extent of adoption and acceptance of online education.

Among the findings:

Online enrollment continues to grow, climbing to 3.2 million learners in 2006 (about a 40% increase)
Most online learners are undergraduates, and are more likely to be students at Associates institutions (two-year colleges)
Doctoral/Research institutions lead in online offerings
62% of academic leaders believe online learning is on par with or better than face-to-face learning
Online student discipline, faculty acceptance, and faculty time commitments are seen as barriers to the widespread adoption of online education

Update: Inside Higher Ed and the State of Higher Education also have recaps of the report.

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About John Moravec

Dr. John Moravec is a faculty member in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development and the Innovation Studies/Master of Liberal Studies graduate programs at the University of Minnesota. He is the principal of Education Futures LLC; a co-founder of the Horizon Forum, a roundtable on the future of education at all levels; and is the editor of Education Futures. He can be emailed at john@educationfutures.com.

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One Response to E-learning continues to grow

Joy on 12/11/2008 at 1:44

Many people are being benefited from e-learning. Mostly people who are engage with this trend have the reason for finishing their education and to gain more and new knowledge.

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