College Professors Fear Online Education Growth

The rise of online education is evident as it has spread like fire on college campuses. Many students have liked it because of its convenience and flexibility. But, there are people who are not favor of it and even fear it. These people are no other than the professors.

Instead of getting excited of this modern method of education, professors tend to be filled more with fear. Based on a report which has surveyed approximately 4,500 faculty members, it was found out that more than half of them are fearful of the growth of online education.

Here are the other sentiments and fears of college instructors/professors:

• Online education may not just supplement instructors but eventually replace them.
• Online courses provides inferior learning to students compared to traditional courses.
• Online courses may harm the quality of university education.

College instructors/professors do not deny the fact that technology is already a necessity but still they feel anxious and worried of what could possibly happened in the future. The education of the students here is at risk- from learning the basics, solving problems, to dissertation writing- and unlike the traditional classroom setting, online education has not yet fully proven its effectiveness.