November 17, 2024

The Largest Online Course Ever? A Surprising Answer And Timely Example

Author: Ray Schroeder
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Brandon Busteed, Forbes

EVERFI’s ‘AlcoholEdu for College’ course, which first debuted in 2000, has been taken by more than 10 million students, including more than 1/3 of all college first-year students who now take it each fall as a requirement for matriculation. How on earth did a course on alcohol abuse prevention become the largest course on the World Wide Web, you might ask? The answer is a very timely lesson about how to ensure online education is engaging and effective in the age of Covid-19.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brandonbusteed/2020/05/23/the-largest-online-course-ever-a-surprising-answer-and-timely-example/#20609d459d67

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