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“I Don’t Think the System Will Ever be the Same”: Distance Education Leaders’ Predictions and Recommendations for the Use of Online Learning in Community Colleges Post-COVID

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  • Cassandra M.D. Hart
  • Michael Hill
  • Emily Alonso
  • Di Xu

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While the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the short-term use of online courses, colleges’ experiences with COVID-era online course delivery may also affect the way that they offer and approach online courses going forward. We draw on interviews with 35 distance education leaders from the California Community Colleges system to provide insights into how the use of online education may change in the system going forward. Leaders predicted that post-pandemic, colleges would increase their online course offerings, and that many instructional innovations to online courses from the pandemic—such as the use of synchronous courses—would persist. We discuss implications for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers.

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  • Cassandra M.D. Hart & Michael Hill & Emily Alonso & Di Xu, 2025. "“I Don’t Think the System Will Ever be the Same”: Distance Education Leaders’ Predictions and Recommendations for the Use of Online Learning in Community Colleges Post-COVID," The Journal of Higher Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 96(3), pages 436-460, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:uhejxx:v:96:y:2025:i:3:p:436-460
    DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2024.2347810
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