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Friday, August 31, 2001
http://chronicle.com/free/2001/08/2001083101u.htm Teachers' Union Report Criticizes Businesslike Approach to Distance Education By DAN CARNEVALE The American Federation of Teachers is releasing a report today warning that quality could suffer as colleges and universities create a business culture within which to develop distance-education programs. The teachers union has been wary of distance learning in the past, releasing guidelines stating that students shouldn't get their undergraduate degrees completely online. This new report, "A Virtual Revolution: Trends in the Expansion of Distance Education," says too many distance courses center on teaching a collection of facts, rather than on giving students a broader understanding of a topic and different ways of thinking about it.... (ed. note: I have not examined this report, but this article makes me wonder whether those making such judgements have actually examined a substantial number of online programs. Our focus at UIS (as promoted by Sloan-C and the University of Illinois), is interaction in the classroom whether it be physical or virtual.)
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