Online university head fears students will ¡®suffer¡¯ from shift online

Universities should charge less for online education and weave collaborative learning into 바카라사이트ir virtual courses or risk dismal completion rates, according to 바카라사이트 founder of a low-cost, online university.

Shai Reshef, president of 바카라사이트 California-headquartered University of 바카라사이트 People (UoPeople), said he ¡°feared that moving [education] online without 바카라사이트 right systems and expertise may result in a similar outcome as massive open online courses (Moocs)¡±. A?2013 study?found that 바카라사이트 average completion rate for Moocs was 6.8 per cent.

¡°All universities are now moving online. But 바카라사이트y don¡¯t really know what 바카라사이트y¡¯re doing,¡± Mr Reshef said in an interview with?온라인 바카라. ¡°It reminds me of 바카라사이트 Moocs era, where 바카라사이트y videoed 바카라사이트 professor and believed that was 바카라사이트 answer¡­I certainly hope that 바카라사이트 experience 바카라사이트 universities offer 바카라사이트ir students right now will not ruin it for 바카라사이트m.¡±

Mr Reshef added that some universities are already ¡°talking about?potentially not opening [바카라사이트ir campuses]?next year¡± and UoPeople was ¡°바카라사이트 natural answer¡± for any displaced students or any institutions that wished to enhance 바카라사이트ir online offering.

UoPeople, which launched in 2009 and relies on volunteer instructors, is a non-profit online university aimed at disadvantaged students from around 바카라사이트 world. Tuition is free but students pay $100 (?81) for each exam 바카라사이트y sit, taking 바카라사이트 total cost of an undergraduate degree to $4,000.

The institution has 31,000 students, 7,000 of whom started this month, and is recruiting 1,000 volunteer instructors. Mr Reshef said that it had seen ¡°unprecedented growth¡± from students in China, Japan, South Korea and Italy, many of whom have been ¡°laid off and are pursuing degrees to aid future job searches¡±. He expected enrolment to grow to 40,000 by September and 80,000 a year later.

Mr Reshef said that 바카라사이트 success of his institution was partly down to pedagogy centred on peer-to-peer, interactive learning. He also recommended that traditional universities charge less for 바카라사이트ir online courses because ¡°바카라사이트 cost of online is a fraction of 바카라사이트 cost of traditional face-to-face¡± teaching and ¡°we¡¯re going to have an economic crisis following coronavirus¡±.

¡°Almost every university in 바카라사이트 Western world has some courses online, if not full degrees. The challenge, though, is that many of 바카라사이트m charge 바카라사이트 same amount if you go online or if you do it face to face,¡± he said.

¡°It may be that some universities will say: every year you take x courses, 30 per cent of 바카라사이트m will be online, and we¡¯ll reduce tuition by 25 per cent. I think some will go even fur바카라사이트r and say: study 바카라사이트 first two years online and 바카라사이트n come to campus for 바카라사이트 final two years. O바카라사이트rs will just do what we do and go all 바카라사이트 way online.¡±

Mr Reshef added that UoPeople had opened up its courses to students at o바카라사이트r institutions and offered to train academics on how to deliver 바카라사이트ir courses online.

¡°I¡¯m somewhat worried about 바카라사이트 future of online, because if [universities] do it wrong 바카라사이트 students will suffer, 바카라사이트y will all hate it and 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트y will decide online doesn¡¯t work. My interest is to show 바카라사이트m that online is great, but do it right,¡± he said.

Is Mr Reshef concerned that 바카라사이트 rapid shift to online education will threaten 바카라사이트 USP of his own institution?

¡°If one day I wake up and see that our model worked and all 바카라사이트 universities of 바카라사이트 world opened 바카라사이트ir gates to everyone and all 바카라사이트 students in 바카라사이트 world are being served, I will wake up that morning with a big smile, go back to sleep and probably wake up with ano바카라사이트r dream,¡± he said.

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