A post-COVID learning world, Part 1 😷 Transcend Newsletter XXIV

The main takeaway from this, based on conversations with school teachers, university professors and students, is that we still don't know what aspects of the education experience belong online and which should still be done in person.

Only 8% of students are more interested in online education, 77% are not.

72% of high school students did not find online classes as effective as in-person, only 11% did find them as effective

Let's stop the narrative that online learning has been amazing, and face the reality that students are hating their virtual experience. Per the Niche survey (US):

Why would it not be countercyclical now? The main factor is the disruption of the in-person student experience, as the idea of an online-first college will lose much of its former appeal as a "bundled" set of services