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  1. vinodgopal

    vinodgopal New Member

    How is distance education valued by 1) Employers 2) Peers/colleagues/co-workers/friends 3) For general recognition by the public
     
    vinodgopal, Jul 10, 2006
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  2. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    We've had a bunch of threads on that, one of them recent. The bottom line is that there's no significant difference and by now most employers and university admissions departments realize it.

    -=Steve=-
     
    SteveFoerster, Jul 10, 2006
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  3. Dave Wagner

    Dave Wagner Active Member

    Steve,

    Is there no difference in "student outcomes" or "perceptions of student outcomes" among peers and employers?

    I have taught at various online schools and I witnessed that that perceptions of distance learning are changing slowly toward the positive, but those perceptions have no direct connection to learning outcomes. This is observation is "arm-chair" though.

    Dave
     
    Dave Wagner, Jul 10, 2006
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  4. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Is there no difference in "student outcomes" or "perceptions of student outcomes" among peers and employers?

    I suppose there is, especially since perception hasn't yet caught up to the NSD reality.

    I have taught at various online schools and I witnessed that that perceptions of distance learning are changing slowly toward the positive, but those perceptions have no direct connection to learning outcomes. This is observation is "arm-chair" though.

    I believe it. I think it's just that people started out with a presumption that it couldn't be as good, but are finding out more and more that's not the case.

    -=Steve=-
     
    SteveFoerster, Jul 10, 2006
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