![]() ![]() Nobody is looking over the shoulder of students taking online classes. With online education, students can go as fast or as slow as they need to. Other students are not challenged enough and they end up wasting their time. This means some students can’t keep up and they sink. Traditionally, students have had to progress at whatever pace the professor has deemed appropriate. Students can progress at their own pace.As a result of increased availability and more affordable costs, the World can become a more educated place. Because the overhead costs of online classes are reduced (no building, chairs, equipment, etc.) the cost to students attending those classes can also be reduced. Increased availability of higher education classes means more people can participate.It is estimated that by 2019, 50% of all higher education classes will be taught online.75% of US based universities plan on offering online courses in the near future if they don’t already.There are 25,000 online courses offered in the United States.The largest university in the USA, The University of Pheonix, is an online university enrolling over 500,000 students. ![]() The largest university in the UK, The Open University, has 250,000 students enrolled and teaches the vast majority of its classes online.This is also a lot of information presented regarding the sheer number of students taking classes online. The infographic begins by showing us the technological evolution of education from the first televised lectures in 1971 to the creation of the youtube based Khan Academy in 2004. The infographic is displayed below but first here is my overview. I recently found a great infographic on entitled “ How the Internet is Revolutionizing Education“. The infographic begins by showing us the technological evolution I recently found a great infographic on entitled “How the Internet is Revolutionizing Education“.
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