Given how many colleges and universities already put their full syllabus online for free, lowering the price seems like an obvious thing since distance learning greatly reduces the instructor's workload.
Disagree based on my experience tutoring online. I had to prep and then spend my time with them on webcam.
The story is different for asynchronous online learning, for example with students watching prerecorded videos and completing assignments. However, not everyone learns well that way. We'll probably need a blend of synchronous and asynchronous learning going forward.
Half of the classes I took at Ryerson University were online. The instructors were only there for feedback, questions, and grading, and even then, only through email or a text chat. It was definitely an easy period for them.
Tutoring is a different beast since by definition it requires a lot of interaction.
If anything, I see less of her due to her workload and she works from home while I live in it.
It’s not easier than brick-n-mortar. It’s a whole new approach.
I don't disagree, though, that online education is not as good as in-person, regardless of how it's done.
https://www.coursera.org/degrees/bachelor-of-science-compute...
Here are a bunch of other online bachelors in CS: https://thebestschools.org/rankings/best-online-bachelors-co...
Is $13,000 unreasonable? It would cost a whole lot more than that if you went for an on-site bachelors at say, UWaterloo.
citation needed?