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

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Sunday, May 19, 2002

http://ifets.ieee.org/periodical/vol_2_2002/delacey.html

Case study on technology and distance in education at the Harvard Business School
Brian J. DeLacey, Research Associate, Harvard Business School
Dorothy A. Leonard, William J. Abernathy Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

ABSTRACT
For almost a century, the Harvard Business School has used case studies as the basis for experiential learning in both MBA and Executive Education courses. This article presents a case on the school itself: its learning objectives and environment and the challenges of integrating technology into programs that have traditionally relied upon face-to-face, highly interactive classes. The authors summarize findings from interviews with faculty about the use of various types of technology and describe in detail two courses that are a hybrid of online and in-class sessions. The research highlights both the opportunities for technology-enhanced education at HBS and the challenges to conducting such programs....


 



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