March 28, 2011, 2011 Blended Conference and Workshop Program
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Studies, inlcuding:
Class Differences: Online Education in the United States, 2010
Online Education Grows by almost a Million Students
Eighth Annual Sloan Survey of Online Education Shows Economy
Still Driving Growth
The 2010 Sloan Survey of Online Learning reveals that enrollment rose by almost one million students from a year earlier. The survey of more than 2,500 colleges and universities nationwide finds approximately 5.6 million students were enrolled in at least one online course in fall 2009, the most recent term for which figures are available.
...“This represents the largest ever year-to-year increase in the number of students studying online,”...
The eighth annual survey, a collaborative effort between the Babson Survey Research Group and the College Board, is the leading barometer of online learning in the United States. The survey is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and distributed by the Sloan Consortium. The report includes a detailed analysis of the factors driving the growth in online education.
Full Article (PDF):
class_differences.pdf (30 pages)
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