Paul Welty, PhD AI, WORK, AND STAYING HUMAN

Why College Students Turned From Being Down on Remote Learning to Mostly in Favor of It - EdSurge News

Discover why college students shifted from skepticism to support for remote learning, revealing insights about instruction quality in education.

“Now, students were given the opportunity to compare. And they discovered that the often lackluster college classroom is not much better than what usually happens online.”

The problem isn’t “online”. It’s “instruction”.

Why College Students Turned From Being Down on Remote Learning to Mostly in Favor of It - EdSurge News

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