the.com/online learning
school without the building, homework with more tabs open.
means education delivered through digital platforms instead of, or alongside, a physical classroom.
from correspondence courses go back to the 1800s (mail-order shorthand lessons), but online learning proper started with 1990s university intranets, exploded with mooc platforms in 2008, then got a forced, planet-wide stress test in 2020.
completion ratesmost moocs finish under 10 percent of enrollees
attention spanengagement drops sharply after six minutes of video
pandemic bumpglobal ed-tech funding tripled between 2019 and 2021
for instance
khan academy — free video lessons that quietly rewired homework since 2008
coursera — stanford spinoff turned public company teaching millions, founded 2012
duolingo — gamified app with over 500 million downloads teaching languages
mit opencourseware — mit gave away its entire curriculum free starting 2001