The pie charts compare the shares of 4 course selections in 1984, 1994, and 2004.
Overall, face-to-face courses were the most popular choice for students in all compared years; however, due to the addition of online courses, the total distribution tended to change significantly. All courses’ figures were projected to decrease by 2004 except for mixed-media which rose over time.
To begin with, 67% of students in 1984 opted for offline classes, followed by 20% and 13% of correspondence and mixed-media courses, respectively. However, 10 years later, the proportion of students studying face-to-face classes dropped significantly by 13 percentage points, and continued decreasing to 40% by 2004. Regarding correspondence courses, there were 20% of students choosing this initially, and remained unchanged in 1994 before a drop to 15% 10 years later.
In terms of online courses, it was first introduced since 1994 starting at 11%. After 10 years, the figure for this category saw a slight decrease by 1 percentage point. On the contrary, the percentage of people attending mixed-media courses had a tendency to rise dramatically from 13% in 1984 to 35% over a 20-year period, however placed at second place behind face-to-face classes – the dominant category.
