{"id":91423,"date":"2024-04-19T09:56:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T13:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=91423"},"modified":"2024-04-19T09:56:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T13:56:53","slug":"two-items-involving-online-based-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2024\/04\/19\/two-items-involving-online-based-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Two items involving online-based learning &#8212; and one is about a $1.5 billion dollar deficit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highereddive.com\/news\/this-week-5-numbers-education-department-opms\/713007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This week in 5 numbers: Education Department voices concern about OPMs<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; from highereddive.com by Natalie Schwartz<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>We\u2019re rounding up our top recent stories, from growing worries about 2U\u2019s finances to falling FAFSA submissions from high school seniors.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>BY THE NUMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>$1.5 billion<br \/>\n<\/strong>The accumulated deficit that 2U has racked up following years of operating losses, according to its financial statements. Student advocacy groups\u00a0recently called on\u00a0the U.S. Department of Education to prepare for the \u201clooming collapse\u201d of the online program management company, though 2U has pushed back against those predictions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidetrack.org\/blog\/5-ways-to-support-todays-online-learner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>5 ways to support today\u2019s online learner<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from insidetrack.org<br \/>\n<em>How to help students feel seen, supported and connected as they pursue their programs online<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Make online learning learner-centered, demand-driven and career-advancing<\/li>\n<li>Help cultivate a sense of belonging<\/li>\n<li>Reduce barriers to online learning<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week in 5 numbers: Education Department voices concern about OPMs\u00a0&#8212; from highereddive.com by Natalie Schwartz We\u2019re rounding up our top recent stories, from growing worries about 2U\u2019s finances to falling FAFSA submissions from high school seniors. BY THE NUMBERS $1.5 billion The accumulated deficit that 2U has racked up following years of operating losses, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,302,3,7,62,50,321,214,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colleges","category-community-colleges","category-higher-education","category-learning-ecosystem","category-online-learning","category-teaching-learning","category-united-states","category-universities","category-vendors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91423"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91444,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91423\/revisions\/91444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}