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Thursday, September 27, 2001
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000077248sep27.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology College Education Online: Pass? Fail? By ZANTO PEABODY Gone are the days when students had to attend classes on campus to earn a college degree. With the most distant university and the most obscure facts a mouse click away, students are finding they can get a college education via computer. Nearly 2 million U.S. students take courses online, in an approach often called distance learning. "Expanding technology is expanding the audience for traditional educators," said William H. Dutton, a technology and communications professor at USC. "Technology only complements and supplements university instruction. For many, it's just another place to get information." But the growth has led to a debate on California campuses and across the country over the future of high-tech study. Will technological study aids, from crib notes posted on the Internet to online degree programs, enhance education? Or will "e-education" supplant bricks-and-mortar classrooms and perhaps degrade the quality of learning and instruction?...
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