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How the Internet is Revolutionizing Education

HOW THE INTERNET IS REVOLUTIONIZING EDUCATION The Internet has transformed education dramatically, and in a very funda- mental way: the grasp of power has shifted from the hands of the institution to those of the student. Whether enrolled at your local university or simply looking to deepen your knowledge of a subject, the options for education have never been more diverse. Education is more accessible than ever before in human history, thanks entirely to the Internet. MILESTONES IN E-LEARNING 1971 The Open University opens in England with an open admissions policy, and begins broadcasting lectures on television. 25,000 1989 students enroll. University of Phoenix launches its private, for-profit online school 12 students enroll. 1993 Criteria is created by pioneer William Graziadei III, Ph.D: e-learning systems must be easy to use, portable, replicable, scalable, and affordable. 1999 @? @! The term 'e-Learning" is coined at an educational seminar. 5X5 = 25 2004 5X6 = 30 Salman Khan records instructional YouTube videos to help his cousins with math. The rising popularity of these videos leads him to found the Khan Academy, a not-for-profit, free, online educational organization. And not everyone is in it for the money: for-profit and non-profit institutions alike are revolutionizing the way we learn. ONLINE EDUCATION IS A $34 BILLION INDUSTRY. CURRENTLY The Open University teaches a majority of its courses online. At 250,000 students, it is the UK's largest university. The Open University That's twice the size of = 10,000 students the University of London. University of Phoenix The for-profit University of Phoenix is now the largest university in the US, enrolling more than 500,000 students. It is 13 times larger than the University of Arizona. = 10,000 students Khan Academy With grants from The Gates Foundation and Google, Salman Khan has recorded over 2,100 lecture videos, which have been viewed over 41 million times. = 100 lecture videos That's the number of views they would receive if every student in =1 million views America viewed one once. THE INTERNET IS CHANGING HOW WE LEARN VS TRADITIONAL INDIVIDUAL Traditional educational institutions and E-learning organizations alike are transforming the ways we are learning in today's society. From traditional institutions shifting classroom settings online, to new-era organizations offering a whole new way of learning for free, here's a look at how the Internet has enabled this revolution. There are currently 3 million online-only students in the US. That's more than the total number of college students in France. There are 25,000 online courses offered in the US. TRADITIONAL Almost half of college students There have been over take at least one 1 million K-12 enrollments class online. in online courses. Nearly half of online students are 26 or older. Online educa tion is opening doors to more people. 67% of colleges HELVETCA are unable to meet demand for online courses. 75% of public higher learning institutions have online learning in their long-term plans. By 2019, it is estimated that 50% of all classes taught will be delivered online, and many of these will be available for free. Thanks to the Internet, students have more power over their college educations than ever before. USE OF ONLINE EDUCATION HAS BEEN GROWING AT AN ASTRONOMICAL RATE, AND IT ISN'T STOPPING. The Khan Model: Students learn at KHAN ACADEMY their own pace, in their own time. INDIVIDUAL -No more one-size-fits-all lectures. iTunes U offers more than -Reversing the model: learn at home, work in class 350,000 college lectures and videos from more than 800 universities including Stanford, Yale, and Oxford, -What does Bill Gates think? "The future of education" all for free. -1 million students per month Last year, The London School of Business and Finance launched the Global M. B. A. delivered "Schools app': Bill Gates donated $2 million towards development of facebook app to help college students stay in entirely through a facebook app. school. But today, due to the Internet's transformative power, students can custom-design their own educations in what- ever way they see fit. Higher education is no longer only for the elite; anyone with an Internet connection can educate themselves. Access to education has never been more comprehensive or more democratic, and it's only going to get better. The idea of "no child left behind" may, in the coming years, truly become a reality. THE OLD MODEL OF EDUCATION FORCED EVERY STUDENT THROUGH THE SAME, EXPENSIVE MOLD. Created by: www.OnlineEducation.net SOURCES: Ambient Insight Research (2009) US Self-paced e-Learning Market Monroe WA: Ambient Insight Research http://tools. iett.orghtmlfc675 http:/horizon.unc.edu/projects/monograph/CD/Technological Tools/Graziadei.html http://www.phoenix.edu/about us/about university of phoenixhistory.html http://www.khanacademy.org/aboutifaqstarted http://www8.open.ac.uk/about/main/the-ou-explained/history-the-ou http://www.guidetoonlineschools.com/getting-startedidistance-learning-1010myths http//www.leerbeleving.nliwbts/1/history_of elearning html http/ichronicle.com/article Online-Learning-Enrollment/ 125202/ http//chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampuslenrollment-in-online-c ine-courses-increases ses-at-the-highest-rate-ever/28204 http:/nces.ed.govipubs2010/2010347.pdf http://campustechnology.com/articles/2009/10/28/most-college students-to-take-classes-online-by-2014.aspx http//www.hesa.ac.uk/dox/dataTables/studentsAndQualifiers/download/institution0809 xis?v1.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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