{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Is It Worth It?","description":"In this episode, I discuss the current lawsuits that students are filing against colleges and university where they claim that &quot;online learning is inferior to face to face learning&quot;. Barbara Means, Marianne Bakia, and Robert Murphy,&amp;nbsp;Learning Online: What Research Tells Us about Whether, When and How (New York: Routledge, 2014). Articles about Lawsuits:  https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-05-01\/angry-undergrads-studying-online-sue-for-billions-in-refunds  https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/uic-chancellor-refund-uic-students-for-tuition-costs EdX and ASU Global Freshman Campushttps:\/\/www.edx.org\/gfa How Much Will Enrollment and Tuition Revenues Be Down In the Fall?  https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/lucielapovsky\/2020\/05\/17\/how-much-will-enrollment-and-tuition-revenues-be-down-in-the-fall\/#72f2f0b46087 Philip Pulley https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilipPulley  Philip's website    MusicSon of a Rocket by Kevin MacLeodLink: https:\/\/incompetech.filmmusic.io\/song\/4391-son-of-a-rocket License: http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/  Download Is This Online on iTunes\/Apple Podcasts:  https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/is-this-online\/id1512758915 &amp;nbsp; Visit our website at: https:\/\/www.zundel.net\/isthisonline   Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com\/isthisonlinepod ","author_name":"Is This Online","author_url":"http:\/\/isthisonline.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/14489513\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/14489513"}