Topic: Traditional Learning vs. Online Learning (3 of 3)

In the fall of 2011, it was recorded that 20.3 million students were expected to attend American colleges and universities.^[1] Among the 20.3 million students, 6.7 million students nationally took at least one online course.^[2]  That is at least 32% of the American college and university population. The online-only student population of America accounts for a total of more than 3 million. The 6.7 million is expected to grow to 18.7 million by 2014.^[3] By using the Projection of Education Statistics to 2021, we could expect about 85% of the American college and university students will be enrolled in at least one online course. That is a growth of more than 50% within five years. Soon all of America, including grades K-12, and college would be affected by the online education growth.

In the corporate end of the spectrum, currently there are over 1 billion people in an online training course. ELearning represents $52.6 billion of the $200 billon industry of corporate training. That number is expected to grow to $107 billion in the year 2015. That is also a 50% growth within five years. Now, 77% of American corporations are using eLearning. In 1995 that number was below 5%.^[3]

Below is a short film by Znanja Inc. educating the importance of eLearning:

As technology grows the expansion of eLearning is inevitable. In regards to which educational environment is more preferred by the students really would not matter. Because in the world of business to be successful is to be knowledgeable and versatile. Nothing says this more, than the future of eLearning.

Question #3 of Week 1:

Blogging is a type of tool for eLearning. As you can see, we have all become students of eLearning. As fellow bloggers, what are your eLearning experiences? If you cannot think of any, please tell us of your experience with our blog or other educational blogs.

Sources:

^[1] National Center for Education Statistics, ."Projections of Education Statistics to 2021." Institute of Education Sciences National Center for Education Statistics. 40th. n. page. Web. 1 Mar. 2013. <http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2013008>

^[2] Puente, Kelly. "California universities see future in online classes." San Gabriel Valley. (2013): n. page. Web. 1 Mar. 2013. <http://www.sgvtribune.com/rss/ci_22625376>.

^[3] znanja, Inc, dir. The eLearning Revolution. 2012. Film. 1 Mar 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlJshzOv2cw>.