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Monday, February 25, 2002
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~webteach/cases/losh.html Elizabeth Losh: University of California at Irvine Virtual Resource Project Many educators and administrators see instructional technology as a way to solve at least some of the challenges inherent in offering large-enrollment courses. When hundreds or even thousands of students are enrolled in a single course, the limitations of the traditional lecture/discussion model become all too evident. For instructors, the logistical challenges of coordinating a large course are daunting, and students often feel alienated in a course where their voice is only one in a thousand. Many institutions look to IT for solutions; indeed, much of the grant monies available in support of educational computing initiatives is earmarked for projects that attempt to overcome the pedagogical and fiscal shortcoming of high enrollments....
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