Sorting through the future of Wellesley College and online learning - Adam Van Arsdale, Wellesley Blogs

I support the interest of Wellesley College in exploring potential online learning platforms for the College. Technology has always been an essential component in expanding the reach and efficacy of academic institutions, and while internet technologies may differ in important ways, particularly in their ability to sever the physical space of learning from the process of learning, these are not by themselves reasons to be wary of online education. It is my hope that the College does decide to pursue future online learning endeavors. In order to evaluate the proper path for the College to take, however, it is necessary to understand what goals the College has in pursuing an online initiative. In the absence of a stated set of goals, what I present below is several potential goals and what I see as the relative merits and challenges of each of them. These goals are not mutually exclusive, but do at times reflect refinements of one another. https://blogs.wellesley.edu/vanarsdale/2012/10/26/teaching/more-thoughts-on-wellesley-college-and-online-learning/