University of Tennessee Launches Online Math Program

With the aim of providing convenience and quality education to Tennessee Students, the University of Texas launches an online class for a particular subject.

The University of Tennessee offers a unique learning experience in its Math 119 sections. Such online class is a prototype for the university in offering online courses for the future. Being the first online class to be offered, the university administrators expect 1000 enrollees for each fall.

Administrators believe that such initiative will help provide UT students with the convenience and flexibility of schedule yet learning the best education formulated by the UT teaching staff. Online education also offers personalized alternatives for students in choosing their subject load and the big opportunity for savings.

Currently, the university been preparing for the expected unfavorable financial condition as the federal stimulus fund runs out which will contribute layoffs in teaching staff, cut in some course offerings and larger student ratio.

Jimmy Cheek, the university chancellor is aware that offering online Math class will not compensate the expenses of traditional education but he sees a potential in savings with such initiative.

With the possibility, the university administrators and teaching faculty is looking forward in offering additional courses if they find the results and success rate laudable.

The future for University of Tennessee as envisioned by its administrators is a combination of traditional aspect of learning and online education usually termed as –Hybrid Education. Such modern pedagogy have been implemented and studied by leading universities worldwide.

Vice provost Mcmillan accepts that the online education success depends on the teaching staffs’ ability to utilize online education resources with maximum efficiency. Despite a little bit of uncertainty, the university administrators will continue the initiative in case of success or will proceed to other options depending on the outcome of the present project.