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70% failure rate for online learning?Distance learning opponents have long cited low completion rates. But the statistic may be extremely outdated A very negative statistic about online learners has floated around in academia for many years, and is still quoted by opponents of distance learning. Most recently, a study on personality traits of successful online learners by Professor Shawna Strickland again reiterated that “It is estimated that 70% of distance learners do not complete their courses.” A raft of other studies has quoted this 70% failure estimate, but is it accurate? A close look seems to show that it may be an outdated, meaningless number. Apparently, it first turned up in 1997 in a dissertation by S. Parks, a graduate student at Pennsylvania State University. While it may have been accurate then, a great deal has changed.
Additionally, learning software that schools use to deliver distance learning has become drastically more sophisticated. |
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