Surge seen in online learning

Posted by in Uncategorized Oct 2nd, 2005

Zogby, a leading polling company, has issued a report on online learing. More about it here at Blackboard Media. Here's some of what the study found:

– In a typical 24-hour cycle, the peak hour for logins and usage was 9
p.m. to 10 p.m., with a sharp fall-off from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., and a
gradual up-tick beginning at 7 a.m.
– Significant growth has taken place in the area of online exams or
assessments — including quizzes and course finals.
– The overall jump in active e-Learning users increased by approximately
ten times from the end of the spring semester in 2003 to the fall term of
the 2005 academic year, based on data analyzed.
– According to analysis of the data sample, 1.2 million assessments were
taken online during the first academic term where the service was
available, more than 16 million were taken in the spring semester of this
academic year.
– Online discussion among students related to course materials and/or
educational topics also expanded substantially. In the first semester of
operation (analyzed in the data sample), spring semester 2003, the site saw
988,597 unique postings on its discussion boards; in spring semester 2005,
there were 9.1 million postings. In the first weeks of the current
academic term, there have already been 1.5 million postings by users
tracked in this data sample.

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