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"Freshness. Freshness means different things to different people. For me, it is a break of dawn, blue sky, 67° degree bike ride, crunchy green grapes, and firm, tart blueberries. We often do not think of ‘freshness’ in education and online learning. But we need to.
To date, much of the focus on online learning has been about ‘access’ to the online platform, effectiveness of online learning, and whether or not online learning is strategic. For the most part, colleges and universities have solved the access issue (by access, I am referring to the fact that the majority of schools have some programs online and as a whole, students are no longer confined to enrolling in their local zip code; if a program they desire is not offered at their local school(s), they can likely find it offered somewhere online), at least on their own campuses, and college and university administrators have embraced online learning as an important component of their strategy. To that end, a recent study reports that approximately 70 percent of chief academic officers indicate that online learning is critical to their long-term strategy, with learning outcomes being seen as the same or superior."
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