Recent Reports: Online Learning & Students

Below are a few very recent reports pertaining to online learning and its student beneficiaries. Enjoy.

“The Five Faces of Online Education: What Students and Parents Want” by Allison Bailey, Christine Barton, and Katie Mullen (6/18/14)
From BCG Perspectives (Boston Consulting Group):
https://www.bcgperspectives.com/content/articles/education_consumer_insight_five_faces_online_education_what_students_parents_want/#chapter1

“Online College Students 2014: Comprehensive Data on Demands and Preferences” (6/14)
From Learning House:
http://www.learninghouse.com/ocs2014-report/

“Online Learning and Student Outcomes in California’s Community Colleges” by Hans Johnson and Marisol Cuellar Mejia (5/14)
From the Public Policy Institute of California:
http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=1096

Students & Technology: Articles

This week, we offer a few recent articles pertaining to college students learning with, about, or even in spite of technology:

“Learning in Real Life: Mobile Learning and Non-Traditional Students” by Albert Powell, Director of Learning Technologies at Colorado State University OnlinePlus (5/30/14)
From The Evolllution: Illuminating the Lifelong Learning Movement:  
http://www.evolllution.com/opinions/learning-real-life-mobile-learning-non-traditional-students/

“Facebook in the Back of the Classroom” by Joshua Kim (4/22/14)
From Inside Higher Ed’s “Technology and Learning” blog:
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/facebook-back-classroom

“Confronting the Myth of the ‘Digital Native’” by Megan O’Neil (4/21/14)

From The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/Confronting-the-Myth-of-the/145949/

“Social Media Scholarship” by Carl Straumsheim (4/7/14)
From Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/04/07/social-media-may-benefit-international-students-and-group-projects-researchers-argue