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October 22, 2007

Distance Learning Going the Distance

In its fifth annual survey of online learning, the Sloan Consortium has found that enrollment in online education continues to outpace general college-enrollment growth.

The report, titled Online Nation: Five Years of Growth in Online Learning, indicates that about 3.5 million people took at least one online course in the fall of 2006 — up from about 3.2 million the year before.

But the rate of growth in online education has slowed compared with previous years. From the fall of 2004 to the fall of 2005, the enrollment grew by 36.5 percent. And from the fall of 2005 to the fall of 2006, enrollment increased 9.7 percent. Still, it’s growing faster than general college enrollment, which grew by 1.3 percent from 2005 to 2006. —Dan Carnevale

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1. I thought you and your readers might be interested in the upcoming
   National Distance Learning Week (Nov 12-16) and my interview of the NDLW National Chair, Dr. Ken Hartman on my podcast:

   http://rod4jefferson.blogspot.com/2007/09/rpp-48-national-distance-learning-week.html

   Also, see NDLW: http://www.ndlw.org

   Thanks,
   Rod

   —
   Rodney B. Murray, Ph.D.
   Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
   Jefferson Medical College
   Thomas Jefferson University

   — Rodney Murray    Oct 23, 07:47 PM    #

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