Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Wednesday, February 13, 2002

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60674-2002Feb11.html

Online Education Becomes Tech Success Story for D.C. Area
Ellen McCarthy, Washington Post Staff Writer

While telecom and dot-com companies across the region were flaming up and out in the past few years, another tech sector -- online education -- quietly took root and is now beginning to emerge as a stable and potentially lucrative industry. More than just helping eighth-graders with homework, online education and training is used heavily by corporations and government agencies. The industry, a $4.5 billion market in 2001, is predicted to be worth $11 billion by 2005, according to Eduventures.com Inc., a research and consulting firm....

 



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