I started to look up the statistics as to what kinds of courses are classified as online, and what is classified as other kinds of learning. The Sloan Consortium has arrived at a classification system of learning methods which has some acceptance in education. This is as follows:
% Online Delivery = 0 - Traditional course, content delivered in writing and orally.
% Online Delivery = 1 to 29, Web Facilitated, uses web for content posting, assignment posting etc.
% Online Delivery = 30 to 79, Blended/Hybrid, a combination of face-to-face and online course delivery.
% Online Delivery = 80+, Online course, mostly or all online with few or no face-to-face meetings.
Which delivery methods are used for what kinds of programs is a fascinating study, which I'll write more on later.
# posted by Mary @ 4:42 PM
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