Orientation to eLearning at Virginia Tech

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Program Options

Virginia Tech offers eLearning degrees and certificates at the graduate level. Bachelor's degrees are currently not available. Program courses are delivered online, via interactive videoconferencing, or by a mix of online and videoconferencing components.

Selected Results from Student Perceptions of eLearning Instruction Fall 2008

Percent of student respondents who agree or strongly agree:

"Class assignments were connected to overall course requirements" 95%
"After completing this eLearning course I am more confident that I can reach my academic goals" 88%
"Overall course design enabled my learning" 87%
"The quality of technology and connectivity supported my learning" 92%
"I could access library services efficiently" 97%
"eLearning support services met or exceeded my needs" 96%
"I am satisfied with this eLearning experience" 88%
"I could only take the course because it was available online or at an off-campus location" 61%

The Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning's holistic approach to quality eLearning is evident in its practice of end-of-term course evaluation results. This level of quality is the result of excellent faculty, sound pedagogy, and an academically focused organization providing high quality support.

To learn more about degree and certificate programs, see the Programs Section. To apply for admissions to a program, visit the Graduate School website.

To learn more about Online Courses click here. To learn more about Videoconferencing Courses click here

Click Here to learn more about distance learning at Virginia Tech

National eLearning Statistics:

According to "Online Nation: Five Years of Growth in Online Learning" issued by the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), for the past several years, online enrollments have been growing substantially faster than overall higher education enrollments.

* Almost 3.5 million students were taking at least one online course during the Fall 2006 term; a nearly 10-percent increase over the number reported the previous year

* The 9.7 percent growth rate for online enrollments far exceeds the 1.5 percent growth of the overall higher education student population

* Nearly 20 percent of all U.S. higher education students were taking at least one online course in the Fall 2006 terms

Read The Sloan Consortium Report to the Nation: Five Pillars of Quality Online Education