Online Education: The Wave of the Future

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Online Education The Wave of the Future?
A Jenny Walko, Steven Fye, and Alex Paradis
presentation
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Introduction

• E-learing is the wave of the future
• World continues to speed up
• Evolution
• Computer
• Internet
• Classes
• Universities

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To Come

• Large online facilities
• Small online facilities
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Future

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Advantages of Online Education

• Designed to help kids that dont have time to go
  to school actually get the education they
  deserve. Two example of this are
• Micah Williams, an actor and a high school
  student at Lutheran High School in Orange County,
  California. He was able to get his education
  online at the OLO (Orange County Lutheran High
  School Online) and pursue his career as an actor
  at the same time without skipping a beat.
• Dan Hathaway, a kid raised on a farm doesnt
  have a fair chance at achieving a normal
  education because his father is never home and
  his mother doesnt have time to take him to
  school, due to the extensive farm work that has
  to be taken care of. He also attends the OLO and
  is getting straight As. In addition to him
  getting good grades, he is also able to tend the
  farm at home.

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Advantages of Online Education Continued

• The distance learning aspect of online education
  helps kids to attain more responsibility.
• This distance learning also gives the student a
  sense of individualism, as many courses are
  taught half in a physical world and half in a
  cyber world.

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Disadvantages of Online Education

• Many students cannot complete the assignments
  without that physical teacher present.

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Disadvantages of Online Education Continued

• When a student has a question regarding an
  assignment, it is much harder for the student to
  get a clear-cut immediate response with the use
  of e-mail.

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Disadvantages of Online Education Continued

• Online, students have a much higher chance of
  cheating and this limits the students ability to
  absorb the material on his/her own.
• Out of 3,123 students surveyed in a study done
  by Whos Who Among High School Students, 80 of
  the participants admitted to cheating on an exam
  online.

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Large Online Facilities

• Larger schools usually geared towards adults
• Common degrees arts and animation, business,
  computer networking, computer science, education
  and teaching, engineering, law and paralegal,
  medical, and nursing schools

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Top 5 Online Universities

• Devry University Online
• Everest College Online
• Capella University Online
• Westwood College
• The University of Phoenix Online
• Online universities offer Associate, Bachelor,
  Certificate, Master, JD, MBA, and PhD degrees

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Small Online Facilities

• Land based schools offer online access
• Specific classes, high school level, and smaller
  universities
• Allows drop outs to get the GED
• Classes can use online resources to learn both in
  and out of the classroom

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Future of Online Education

• 200,000 in 2000 to 1.5 million in 2006
• More directed towards college students
• Improvements
• Better teacher/ student relationships
• Better curriculum

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Conclusion

• Very high demand for college education
• Need for E-learning
• World continues to speed up
• Get education on ones personal schedule
• Can only get better