More online degrees on the horizon?

Short on time? Here are the highlights:

•     Participants at a recent education technology conference heard that the next phase of development for online learning may well include full undergraduate degrees offered by leading institutions
•     The technology and quality assurance mechanisms for such a move are already in place
•     There may also be some momentum in this direction arising from early examples of both post-graduate and undergraduate MOOC courses for credit, in some cases leading to complete degrees
•     A further expansion of full academic programmes online is supported as well by research findings as to the strong performance of students in online and blended learning programmes. Read more...