Hi Paul, I am sure that numbers are available somewhere, but I really don't have access to them at the moment. Truthfully, I don't believe that online enrollments will be overtaking regular semester enrollments any time soon. But, given the pace of improvement in on-line delivery technology and other emerging trends (MOOCS), I do fear that things are going to be changing rather rapidly. Again, it is probably not going to be an avalanche, but there are definite changes in the air and I truly believe that I will witness some these changes within my lifetime (I'm 56).
I know that f or summer session enrollments, SJU offers over 120 sections of on line courses and I believe that number may be close to one third to one half of the total number of courses offered (again, that is a pure guess on my part). However, here is an interesting consequence: We are a multiple campus university and because of the increasing number and variety of available online classes university wide, many of the face-to-face summer courses available in our local campus are not getting sufficient enrollment and are, t herefore, canceled. Thus, for us at the local level, summer enrollments in online courses are far greater than for their face-to-face counterparts. Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Brandon" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 10:14:32 AM Subject: Re: [tips] I've Seen The Future, And You're Not In It Miguel-- Increase is easy when you start from a small base. When do you project that on-line classes will make up more than half of your enrollment? On Mar 12, 2013, at 7:43 AM, MiguelRoig wrote: Ken, at St. John's U., a primarily commuter, urban university, enrollments in on-line classes have been steadily increasing and are projected to continue increasing in the foreseeable future. My sense is that the spread of 'study abroad' programs has also helped in this regard. Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Steele" < [email protected] > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" < [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 8:33:35 AM Subject: Re: [tips] I've Seen The Future, And You're Not In It On 3/12/2013 7:56 AM, Mike Palij wrote: > > Bottom line, there will be superstar teachers, MOOCs, and > reconceptualization of what teachers do and what students will > be. The metaphor being used is that educational change will > come like an avalanche, that is, they say that an avalanche seem > to be solidly in place until it falls -- change is dramatic and > unexpected and that is what will happen in higher education. > > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > I have been involved with many attempts to develop distance ed, on-line, hybrid, and other non-traditional courses. Most have been failures. Our bottom line is that the majority of our students are traditional students and they want to live away from home, hang out with other people of the same age, engage in lots of questionable activities, and otherwise have a good time on their way to a degree. Doing the on-line route is about as appealing to them as a plate of old steamed broccoli. Ken Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] . To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=466839.0421d1005414eed82340aa280e7ce629&n=T&l=tips&o=24286 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-24286-466839.0421d1005414eed82340aa280e7ce...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=24293 or send a blank email to leave-24293-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
