When I toured the University of Arizona Med School this year, the students leading the tour explained that lectures were recorded in real-time so students who didn’t attend could view them later.
A parent in the audience was alarmed by this notion.
“The students don’t come to class?” She was visibly concerned that the students were not getting a real or full education from this style of learning.
The medical students responded that they felt this version of learning was often times MORE helpful than if they were to come to the lectures.
Despite agreeing to disagree, it was clear that the parent in our group maintained her stigma of online learning as being vastly inferior or ineffective in comparison to in-class. She is not alone.