Online Education Today
A. Frank Mayadas,1*
John Bourne,2
Paul Bacsich3
Online education is established, growing, and here to stay.
It is creating new opportunities for students and also for faculty,
regulators of education, and the educational institutions themselves.
Much of what is being learned by the practitioners will flow
into the large numbers of blended courses that will be developed
and delivered on most campuses. Some of what is being learned
will certainly improve pedagogical approaches and possibly affect
other important problems, such as the lengthening time to completion
of a degree. Online education is already providing better access
to education for many, and many more will benefit from this
increased access in the coming years.
2 Babson College and Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, MA 02492, USA.
3 ViCa Project and Association for Learning Technology, GipsyLane, Headington Oxford OX3 0BP, UK.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mayadas{at}sloan.org
