Not Your Father’s Classroom: Why Online might Win this Fall

The Multitasking Instructor by Kiki Schirr

Futurists, economists, and education alarmists have been predicting a major disruption in higher education since I first became a professor. By now the skyrocketing costs of tuition and the resulting burden of student debt have made these concerns all too personal for Americans.

New tools abound to disrupt face-to-face instruction. Zoom and a host of easy-to-use…