Education Trends through 2015

Posted by on Sep 29, 2011 in Distance Education, Featured | 88 comments

In 2000, only 9% of all college students had ever taken a course online.  That has all changed in the last ten years, and even more change is anticipated as more and more people, whose lives are already filled with day to day routines involving family, careers, and other obligations flock to online education as the answer to their academic needs. Online education makes college, whether undergraduate degrees or advanced degrees, accessible to people classified as non-traditional students — or, those who cannot attend college on campus full time because they are already in career status or have families to care for, and even those with physical impediments that might make attendance in person impossible for medical reasons.

Here is an infographic that can help you to understand the difference in an online degree and a traditional degree.  Notice how many aspects of online education would appeal to non-traditional students in ways that a traditional campus experience would not.  This trend is expected to increase through the year 2015 and beyond, as online classrooms fill faster than campus lecture halls.  Click to have a closer look: