The online psychology courses at Granite State College are extremely popular, as are other online courses. (GSC also has "regular" classes.) Plymouth State University also offers online courses and I believe they're popular there as well.
Before anticipating the death knell, I suggest we keep in mind that the students who want to get away from home, hang out with people their own age, etc., aren't the only students out there. "Nontraditional" students are a huge population. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 8:43 AM, MiguelRoig <miguelr...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > > > Ken, at St. John's U., a primarily commuter, urban university, enrollments > in on-line classes have been steadily increasing and are projected to > continue increasing in the foreseeable future. My sense is that the spread > of 'study abroad' programs has also helped in this regard. > > Miguel > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Ken Steele" <steel...@appstate.edu> > > *To: *"Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" < > tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > *Sent: *Tuesday, March 12, 2013 8:33:35 AM > *Subject: *Re: [tips] I've Seen The Future, And You're Not In It > > > On 3/12/2013 7:56 AM, Mike Palij wrote: > > > > Bottom line, there will be superstar teachers, MOOCs, and > > reconceptualization of what teachers do and what students will > > be. The metaphor being used is that educational change will > > come like an avalanche, that is, they say that an avalanche seem > > to be solidly in place until it falls -- change is dramatic and > > unexpected and that is what will happen in higher education. > > > > > > -Mike Palij > > New York University > > m...@nyu.edu > > > > > > I have been involved with many attempts to develop distance ed, > on-line, hybrid, and other non-traditional courses. Most have > been failures. Our bottom line is that the majority of our > students are traditional students and they want to live away from > home, hang out with other people of the same age, engage in lots > of questionable activities, and otherwise have a good time on > their way to a degree. Doing the on-line route is about as > appealing to them as a plate of old steamed broccoli. > > Ken > > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. steel...@appstate.edu > Professor > Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu > Appalachian State University > Boone, NC 28608 > USA > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: miguelr...@comcast.net. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=466839.0421d1005414eed82340aa280e7ce629&n=T&l=tips&o=24282 > or send a blank email to > leave-24282-466839.0421d1005414eed82340aa280e7ce...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: beth.ben...@gmail.com. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=24284 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-24284-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=24287 or send a blank email to leave-24287-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
