Does it take bricks and mortar or face-to-face interactions to really teach college level, rigorous, and pedagogically vibrant courses? Todd Gilman, a Yale University librarian and part-time online instructor for San Jose State University, Wayne State University, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, explores what it takes to create an engaging and effective online course.
Colleges saw a 17 percent increase in online enrollment, with more than one in four students taking at least one online course in the fall of 2008, according to the findings of an annual survey published on Tuesday by the Sloan Consortium.