Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Making the Grade: eLearning 2006

A recent report supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has been published. From the eLearning report:

"Making the Grade: Online Education in the United States, 2006 represents the fourth annual report on the state of online learning in U.S. higher education. This year’s study, like those for the previous three years, is aimed at answering some of the fundamental questions about the nature and extent of online education."

The report aims to answer the following questions:

  • Has the Growth of Online Enrollments Begun to Plateau?
  • Who is Learning Online?
  • What Types of Institutions Have Online Offerings?
  • Have Perceptions of Quality Changed for Online Offerings?
  • What are the Barriers to Widespread Adoption of Online
  • Education?
The full content of the report can be downloaded here.