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Change Comes Hard - Higher education’s view of online learning follows the familiar “PC Pattern”
Sandra C. Ceraulo, Ph.D.

"In the choice between changing ones mind and proving there's no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof."--John Kenneth Galbraith Online learning represents the biggest potential change in teaching methods since the inception of formal college education. Like it or not, online learning is here to stay. And it is no secret that many professors do not like it. Some of the nation’s most distinguished faculty members lead the opposition to online education. The resistance of prestigious colleges and their faculty members to e-learning follows a familiar pattern in the history of new and user-friendly technology. I call this sequence of events the "PC Pattern.”...

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