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Conclusion: Be the change..

I hope that this blog has opened your eyes to the benefits that online education can offer our students and our department. Why should we continue to struggle with issues that now have a solution?  I know it is hard to wrap your mind around students learning through a delivery method that you never had.  Change is hard, especially when you've been doing it for 25+ years.  However, change can also be positive.  Our students are relying on us to do what is best for them and online education is what's best for them.  Distance education offers different content delivery strategies that aren't available in the traditional classroom, such as microlectures.  Through these strategies we have the ability to reach more of our students and differentiate curriculum in a way that best meets our students ability and interests.  Learning isn't just about memorizing facts but rather learning how these skills are being used in areas that are interesting to our students.  We can offer classes to our students who we typically shut out because they don't have to be on the exact same learning path as everyone else. Our students are not the same, so why should we be treating them like they all need to learn the same? It’s time to make a change in education and I believe distance education can be that change.


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