Owing to the financial recession,
unemployment is on the rise and employers are concerned about worker skills.
For students this is an ideal opportunity to return to higher education whether
online or a physical university.
According to a research conducted by AACBE,
students enrolling in two-year colleges offering business and management
courses are the fastest growing higher education population, and growth of
enrollment in higher education for people over 25 is expected to outpace that
of younger students through 2016.
With these facts and new adult students pouring in, new challenges have risen
for institutional study programs and personnel. Many adult students take
distance courses. Institutes need to offer business and management course
online. Also because online learning often lacks direct contact with faculty
and staff on campus, supporting these students can be challenging. In-house
systems should provide a controlled environment and can engage students
directly. In the world of the online adult learner, this is rarely the case.
AACBE accredited member institutes have all
the benefits and strategies that are needed by an online student. They have
made their shift to online learning that impacts students, instructors, and the
information professionals who support them. Also the instructors at AACBE
accredited institutes have no difficulty in developing and managing online courses.
Online students also often have little experience working online and need help
navigating content and performing learning tasks. So they have facilities for
that too.
Some instructors are online innovators, and some adult students are Internet
savvy. This can be a blessing and curse for technologists. Courses using wikis,
blogs, and Google Docs provide adult students the opportunity to learn in
real-life contexts using a variety of work-related tools and skills. But the
experience can come at the cost of lost structure and control.
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