Sizing the Opportunity: The Quality & Extent of Online Education in the U.S., 2002 and 2003
| Title: | Sizing the Opportunity: The Quality & Extent of Online Education in the U.S., 2002 and 2003 (ID: CSD3389) | | Author(s): | I. Elaine Allen and Jeff Seaman | | Topics: | Assessment and Evaluation, E-Learning | | Origin: | Community Contributions (2004) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | This publication was designed to find answers to some key questions related specifically to online education delivered by higher education institutions in the United States. Some of the key findings include;
-Over 1.6 million students took at least one online course during Fall 2002.
-Over one-third of these students (578,000) took all of their courses online.
-Eighty-one percent of all institutions of higher education offer at least one fully online or blended course.
-A majority of academic leaders (57 percent) already believe that the learning outcomes for online education are equal to or superior to those of face-to-face instruction.
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