Colleges and universities today are catering to the demand for distance learning options more than ever before. According to the Sloan Consortium, almost 3.9 million students took at least one online course during the 2007 fall/winter semester
With tough economic times driving more students to higher education, distance learning can be expected to experience an increase in demand from this evolving student population. As an example, the total number of online DeVry University undergraduate and graduate course-takers in the November 2008 session increased 25.5 percent to 51,628 versus 41,128 in the same session a year ago.
As online enrollment increases, traditional onsite college professors are seeking more information about e-learning and what it takes to teach a successful online course. DeVry University and its Keller Graduate School of Management are at the forefront of online education, having offered online curriculum since 1995. Here is some advice our online faculty has to share for conducting successful online courses.