A New York Times report on August 2009 talks about a study that finds online education beats the classroom. “The study’s major significance lies in demonstrating that online learning today is not just better than nothing — it actually tends to be better than conventional instruction,” said Barbara Means, the study’s lead author and an educational psychologist at SRI International.

We live in a new ecosystem. It will be interesting to observe how new markets adjust to this new shift in learning.