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The Promise of Online Education: El Dorado or Fool's Gold?
By Graeme Wilson

Over the past few years, connectivity to the Internet has improved dramatically. In British Columbia, every public school has Internet access, and the bandwidth, or rate of data flow continues to improve. Parallel to this development, nearly every household in the province is able to connect to the Internet. This means that virtually all computers can communicate with each other and raises some interesting questions about the future of online education. What will the landscape of online education look like in the future? Will online education become a part of every school’s curriculum, and will it be an effective way for students to learn how to become thoughtful and responsible citizens of tomorrow?...

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