Does a New Federal Law Question the Validity of Online Learning?
Sep 19th, 2008
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This August, the College Opportunity and Affordability Act became law. A clause in the new law mandates that accredited online colleges prove that each student completing coursework is the same student who is enrolled in the school.
Now that they've had a chance to throughly examine the law, many critics are complaining that the clause inherently questions the trustworthiness of online programs.
eSchool News reports:
"The legislation promotes use of the latest monitoring methods, such as web cameras and keystroke recording, to ensure that test takers are, indeed, the students enrolled in an online course. Some campus officials and experts in online learning say distance educators have always taken precautions during exams, and they say the law questions the validity of distance learning itself-implying that online students cheat, while failing to impose strict anti-cheating policies on students in a traditional classroom."
Take a look at their article for an in-depth look at the ways this new law may affect distance learners. It's definitely worth a read.
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