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I spent this week in Edinburgh attending MoodleMoot Global. On my last morning in town, I ordered the small breakfast, then followed it with the best cinnamon roll I’ve ever had. If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, the denizens of Edinburgh are in excellent shape. And yes, that was the small breakfast.
After that mini snack, I waddled over to Heriot-Watt University to hear about the impressive work they’re doing in online learning and to share my view on where the field is headed.
So what reading did I manage to squeeze in amid all that gustatory and intellectual stimulation?
More online growth and bragging about retention rates
I continue to see more announcements of strong enrollment gains in the US, particularly in online learning. Phil covered some of the early signals in this post.
Take the University of Wyoming, for example.
The fall semester enrollment growth follows a 1.4 percent increase in UW’s spring 2025 enrollment compared to the previous spring, which was the first year-over-year enrollment increase since before the COVID pandemic.
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The number of UW students pursuing degrees online increased by 8.5 percent, from 1,896 last fall to 2,058 this semester,
At Abilene Christian University, the gains are even stronger.
