When provided with the option to view lectures online, rather than just in person, a full 82 percent of undergraduates in a study sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s E-Business Institute (reported in Inside Higher Education, 2 October, 2008) said that they’d be willing to entertain an alternative to showing up to class and paying attention in real time.
I’ll Take My Lecture to Go, Please
About Tony Bates
Dr. Tony Bates is the author of eleven books in the field of online learning and distance education. He has provided consulting services specializing in training in the planning and management of online learning and distance education, working with over 40 organizations in 25 countries. Tony is a Research Associate with Contact North | Contact Nord, Ontario’s Distance Education & Training Network.
