The pie charts show the change in the proportion of students choosing four different courses in a university in 1984, 1994 and 2004.
Overall, despite experiencing a substantial decline in percentage, face to face courses were consistently most popular. Correspondence courses also saw a proportional decline, though less markedly, but mixed media courses gained in immense popularity especially in 2004. However, online courses had been least preferable since their introduction in 1994, witnessing a negligible fall.
Traditional in-person courses enjoyed widespread popularity in the first year, being chosen by a whopping 67% of students. This figure, however, decreased steadily over the period to 40%, but it was still the most preferred option. Correspondence courses started at a fifth and remained unchanged at this level in 1994, before falling by 5 percentage points to finish at 15%.
By contrast, mixed media was the only course type to have followed an upward trend. Although only 13 and 15 percent of students chose this course in the first two years, its popularity more than doubled to 35% in 2004.
Online courses, meanwhile, were not available in the first year and were offered starting from 1994, with 11% of learners opting for it. In 2004, this proportion declined by a mere 1%, ending at 10%.