The internet based
tools are indeed making news among the education reformers. In fact,
they are now saying with confidence that the initiation of web-based
tools will surely help a huge number of students earn their college
degrees within their means. In order to pace up the process, the
California legislators are just waiting for the legislation required
for universities and public colleges to offer credit for certified
online courses including those offered free on behalf of Udacity.
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| University of Maryland to Offer Four Free Courses Through Coursera (Photo credit: University of Maryland Press Releases) |
Technology to
strengthen the world of education
Although online
education is not a new phenomena, the unstoppable wave of technology
might well create a stir in the traditional educational modes and
bring drastic changes in the way the brick and mortar universities
operate. One of the senior researchers of an academic institution
said that this might surely result in an eruption that is
consequently going to help the students. In fact, the new partnership
built between San Jose State University and Udacity would probably be
the initial tremor.
Online enrolment
figures are bettering with time
The standardised
web-based courses have already been complemented by San Jose State
University, and the on-campus students can now take those courses for
credit and earn their degrees online. The Babson
Survey Research Group said that over 90% of the public
colleges have offered online programmes already a decade ago.
However, the enrolment figures have soared with the passage of time.
Nearly 32% of the students were found enrolled in institutions
granting degrees were found to take a minimum of at least one online
programme by the year 2011.
Online learning –
a safest valve
In reality, there are
several factors that have driven this shift. Technology played a key
role in helping starters to access interactive software applications
and high-quality videos. Moreover, cost emerged to be the motivating
factor since the figures from the federal government showed that the
expenditure of an undergraduate soared by over 30% at private schools
and around 42% at the public institutions. Moreover, New York’s
Federal Reserve Bank found that over 70% of the students took help of
loans.
State governments in
this respect have considered online programmes to be the safest
valve. This will help students meet their academic goals within their
means since they will not have to raise taxes, said president
of Spenser Foundation based in Chicago. In fact, it was in the
late 1990s when the potential for savings provoked a group of
governors to establish the Western Governors University, which now
holds about 38,000 students comprising a huge number of working
adults looking forward to polish their careers.
San Jose State
University to take positive attempts
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| San Jose State University (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
The success story of
MOOCs is not new. Today, a good number of elite colleges offer these
Massive Open Online Courses to students and working professionals.
However, experts said that higher education won’t be affected by
these programmes unless they will be accepted for credit and properly
implemented into classrooms. Well, San Jose State University is
taking attempts to fulfil both these purposes.
The edX collaboration
has generated hopes in enhancing students’ performance levels while
the Udacity partnership has kept its focus on lessening the costs and
sustain the educational standards. Well, implementations will
continue, but what will remain essential on behalf of the students is
their proper attention that will let them sustain pace with their
educators and classmates.
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