Thursday, February 23, 2017

The Distance Learning Conspiracy - Joshua Kim, Inside Higher Ed

The truth is finally out. Distance learning is a plot. Don’t believe it? Read the excellent WCET Distance Education Price and Cost Report. The key in decoding the meaning of this report is to think about the meaning of its findings beyond online learning. Ask yourself - what does distance education mean for residential education? The answer - and the conspiracy that I’ve been a part of for going on two decades - is that distance learning is actually plot to smuggle instructional designer and learning science into higher education. https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/distance-learning-conspiracy