{"id":4864,"date":"2018-02-07T09:52:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T14:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/?p=4864"},"modified":"2018-10-01T17:15:49","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T21:15:49","slug":"coverage-online-courses-generalizations-prevail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/coverage-online-courses-generalizations-prevail\/","title":{"rendered":"In Coverage of Online Courses, Generalizations Prevail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, the New York Times published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/01\/19\/business\/online-courses-are-harming-the-students-who-need-the-most-help.html\">an Op-Ed<\/a> by Professor Susan Dynarski, who teaches education, public policy, and economics at the University of Michigan. The headline reads \u201cOnline Courses Are Harming the Students Who Need the Most Help.\u201d The story was well-researched, and made many salient points about K-12 students who both benefit and stagnate in online courses offered by their schools.<\/p>\n<h4>\u201c[I]n so-called credit recovery programs,\u201d Dynarski writes, \u201cmany students who have flunked a course in an old-fashioned classroom retake the class online. The negative consequences may not be obvious at first, because the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/news_and_politics\/schooled\/2017\/05\/u_s_high_schools_may_be_over_relying_on_online_credit_recovery_to_boost.html\">pass rates in these courses<\/a>\u00a0are very high and students who take them tend to graduate from high school instead of flunking out. What could be wrong with that?&#8221;<\/h4>\n<h4>&#8220;But there is something wrong with it. In reality, students who complete these courses tend to do quite poorly on subsequent tests of academic knowledge. This suggests that these online recovery courses often give students an easy passing grade without teaching them very much.\u201d<\/h4>\n<p>Dynarski cites several studies which conclude that failing or poor-scoring students simply don\u2019t learn effectively in online environments. Her evidence is compelling. The Op-Ed received attention and acclaim from people around the web, such as Ryan Craig who covers education for Forbes.<\/p>\n<h1><em>Every\u00a0<\/em>Online Course?<\/h1>\n<p>But many found Dynarski\u2019s take to be tone deaf. The reason? Her title suggests she discusses all online courses, when in fact she\u2019s addressing a fairly narrow area. As Pace University president Marvin Krislov points out in a letter the editor, \u201can important segment of online learners not mentioned are adult students looking to advance in their careers who are often juggling a full-time job and family responsibilities. A\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learninghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/OCS-2016-Report.pdf\">2016 survey found<\/a>\u00a0that more than two-thirds of students felt time spent in online academic programs was worth it.\u201d Adult learners aren&#8217;t just an important segment that Dynarski overlooked; they&#8217;re a much larger, more diverse, and more apt demographic for online learning.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3253 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/homeroom-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"online courses\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/homeroom-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/homeroom-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/homeroom-1024x568.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/homeroom.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>That point could be echoed for anyone who struggles with access to the education they seek. It applies to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/illinois-introduces-pilot-program-for-remote-high-school-students-to-take-any-ap-course-online\/\">rural high school students who take online AP courses<\/a> not offered in their school. It applies to individuals who spend the majority of their time raising a family or caregiving for an elderly relative, or a professional employed full-time who can\u2019t travel to a new place to pursue an education. It also applies to the millions of learners in developing countries who can\u2019t access certain forms of education.<\/p>\n<p>Given the context of the article, Dynarski seems to be right on the money. But accounting for the full scope of the term &#8216;online courses,&#8217; she couldn&#8217;t be further from the truth.<\/p>\n<h1>MOOCs, For Example<\/h1>\n<p>The current rate of change in the field of education is astonishing.\u00a0 Take MOOCs, for example. They exploded in popularity in 2012. When the novelty wore off, MOOC providers began to note that a marginal percentage of the students taking the courses actually completed them.<\/p>\n<p>In answer, Coursera transformed their offerings into a freemium model and saw completion rates jump to 60% for those who paid. Udacity followed suit and began to partner with businesses to train learners for specific roles. edX, meanwhile, sought to partner with as many universities as possible to create a truly massive catalog.<\/p>\n<p>As Dhawal Shah, founder of Class-Central.com <a href=\"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/moocs-learners-perspective-conversation-dhawal-shah-founder-class-central-com\/\">told me last November<\/a>, \u201cMOOC providers are a bit more sure than they were six years ago. They\u2019re a bit more targeted. They\u2019re no longer launching random experiments. They\u2019re still doing experiments and tests, but it\u2019s targeted at how to monetize or achieve certain business goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMOOCs have found their audience. It\u2019s now mostly graduates and lifelong learners, people who take these courses for the sake of career benefit. Earlier this year someone did a study on Coursera and found that 89% of learners are above the age of 22.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, even the term \u2018MOOC\u2019 is reductive. It now refers to a highly diversified field of online course offerings instead of one specific form of online education. The term \u2018online course\u2019 is even broader.<\/p>\n<p>When Professor Dynarski says that online courses harm the students who need the most help, then, the would-be beneficiary of a career-changing online education might think twice before jumping. And yet, Dynarski\u2019s words do not apply in the least.<\/p>\n<p>Many writers do not treat their subject matter with the same care that Dynarski shows. Others still <a href=\"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/dont-let-bad-journalism-get-way-good-online-education\/\">misrepresent a field in order to market their own businesses<\/a>. A significant challenge the education sector faces is that the burden of discerning the truth currently falls on the student and\/or customer. So long as that occurs, many will continue to be misled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given the context of the article, Dynarski seems to be right on the money. 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