Improving Learning and Reducing Costs: New
Models for Online Learning
Colleges and universities are offering thousands of fully online
courses, ostensibly altering centuries-old methods of teaching and
learning. Few of these courses, however, make significant
improvements in either the cost or quality dimensions of student
learning; instead, they frequently replicate face-to-face pedagogies
and organizational frameworks. Are you taking advantage of IT's
capabilities as you design new learning environments? Using examples
drawn primarily from the Program in Course Redesign, Carol Twigg
discusses new models for online learning that improve the quality of
student learning and reduce instructional costs.