CA colleges try to improve online classes
Online college classes can be impersonal, isolating and disengaging.
Online college classes can be impersonal, isolating and disengaging. But with high demand among their students for online learning, California’s community colleges and universities are trying to find better online teaching practices.
As CalMatters’ Adam Echelman explains, about 40% of all community college classes are online. Online courses enable students, especially those who are part- […]
Original reporting: CalMatters.
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