It isn't very often that I agree with Gov. Pawlenty but here is one issue that it seems we do agree on. According to an MPR article one of Governor Pawlentys goals is to see that 25% of colleges classes be offered online by 2015. I also heard that by 2013 the governor wants to make it mandatory that all high school, students must take one high school class online to graduate.
Here is some of what MPR had to say:
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system hopes to offer a quarter of college credits to students online by the year 2015.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty and MnSCU officials say their goal is to modernize how classes are delivered, and to maximize efficiency.
The governor went so far as to say increasing online coursework will be one way of measuring the accountability of colleges in the future.
"as requests come forward for more buildings for example, we're going to say, 'How are you doing on your online goal? And before you talk about adding new buildings, how are you making progress on your online goal?'" said Pawlenty.
About 9 percent of MnSCU credits were delivered to students online during the last academic year, and about one-quarter of MnSCU students took at least one online course....
The Republican governor is pushing online learning at both the high school and college levels.
I believe this is a goal that can be reached.
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