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http://chronicle.com/free/2001/11/2001110701u.htm

Debate on the Future of Online Distance Education
By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

Is online education a godsend to busy professionals who cannot otherwise take college courses, or is it a low-quality option that should be avoided? The Chronicle asked a distance-education administrator to face off with a prominent critic of educational technology to debate the question "What is the appropriate role of online education?" The participants were Richard S. Jarvis, chancellor of the United States Open University, and Clifford Stoll, author of High Tech Heretic: Reflections of a Computer Contrarian (Anchor Books, 2000), Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway (Doubleday & Company, 1995), and other books critical of technology....
Full Debate Audio: http://chronicle.com/sound/v48/i12/jarvisstollfull.ram

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