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Online learning trend helps students on fringes go to university but reveals stark digital divide
She hardly fits the stereotype of a university student, but Jessica Royce is a surprisingly typical example of a modern breed of student.
Key points:
- The shift to online learning has led to more older and part-time students
- The average online undergraduate is an over-25 woman with work and family
- But many others say studying online is problematic and they miss campus life
She is 30 years old, lives on a hobby farm in regional WA and juggles her job with a community organisation with caring for three small children and being pregnant with a fourth.
Three years into a social work degree with Central Queensland University, she said she would not be able to get a university qualification unless she could study online.
And the statistics show that…
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