The new frontier that concerns educators is distance learning, according to a study by Inside Higher Ed and the Babson Survey Research Group. Fifty-eight percent of faculty members surveyed said online education is more fearful than exciting. The study reported 80 percent of administration staff was more excited about distance learning than frightened. According to Inside Higher Ed, this fear is sparked from most teachers – 61 percent of them – not having much experience with online or blended classroom technology. The study reported that “75 percent of the respondents were full-time faculty members, many of whose teaching careers predate the online boom.”
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