You've might have seen some studies or heard of statistics that talk about how low course completion rates are...
It's true the average online course has a 6% completion rate; however, a recently implemented technique in the online learning space is flipping on the model on its head.
With this simple mechanism, online course completion rates can skyrocket to over 90%.
What is this new mechanism? Well, it's actually not new. It's old as civilization:
Community.
Nothing is more important to keep students engaged with course material than learning along-side individuals in a similar stage to themselves.
This simple ingredient has been instrumental in making learning online actually viable for life-changing career education.
And it's not just completion rate, every other metric goes haywire if you can successfully integrate community into your online course: engagement, comprehension, etc...
Recently, Alberto Arenaza and I had an in-depth conversation about the transformation we're seeing in higher education and remote learning.
A big focus of the conversation was about the role of community in online learning environments.
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