Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
Tony Bates points to this report describing online and distance education trends in the U.S. and offers a short, crisp good summary. Basically, distance and online enrollments are up about 9 percent, the use of Blackboard is down, most institutions are capping enrollment in online classes (at about 30), development is mostly in-house but servers are outsourced (which is smart), demand for online learning is greater than supply, and U.S. law continues to hamper online learning.

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