What platform, and what specific kind of distance learning? Is it schooling, or something more involved?
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My husband has been finishing his degree online and if there’s one field that truly needs disrupting, OH MY GOOD LORD is it distance learning. I constantly watch him attempt to navigate this platform and I can feel my blood pressure go up when I see how poorly designed it is.
Unsure of the platform but it’s university-wide and required for all online coursework for a B.A. It’s so frustrating that he’s thinking of adjusting his work schedule so he can switch to in-person. It’s obfuscated readings, video lectures, time-based quizzes that error out, etc.
Man. Sounds like an older university who’s probably just trying to keep things together instead of moving to a whole new platform.
College CIOs and IT departments are sadly not informed about platforms, these big ERPs keep buying up each other and the switching costs are impossible. A modular use case that could be customized and was cheap to deploy would work, but way less lucrative.