Comments on: Expensive college degrees vs. job-qualifying online training http://www.goldenswamp.com/2009/12/10/expensive-college-degrees-vs-job-qualifying-online-training/ Emerging virtual education comments and links Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:39:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Andrew B. Watt http://www.goldenswamp.com/2009/12/10/expensive-college-degrees-vs-job-qualifying-online-training/comment-page-1/#comment-85674 Andrew B. Watt Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:38:42 +0000 http://www.goldenswamp.com/?p=3254#comment-85674 We're going to see a real divergence between online certification and people who go to brick-and-mortar schools. The brick-and-mortar people are going to be more generally educated, but the online folks are going to be ready-to-work for the company that trains them, or their affiliates. Online/brick-and-mortar hybrid programs are going to become a lot more popular at first. The brick-and-mortar part is going to be teaching the aspects of creativity and discussion; but the online part is going to going to be for dealing with the technical lectures and factual material. It's going to be an interesting time. We’re going to see a real divergence between online certification and people who go to brick-and-mortar schools. The brick-and-mortar people are going to be more generally educated, but the online folks are going to be ready-to-work for the company that trains them, or their affiliates.

Online/brick-and-mortar hybrid programs are going to become a lot more popular at first. The brick-and-mortar part is going to be teaching the aspects of creativity and discussion; but the online part is going to going to be for dealing with the technical lectures and factual material.

It’s going to be an interesting time.

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