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Thursday, June 20, 2002
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/020624/biztech/24elearning.htm E-learn and earn James M. Pethokoukis Director Steven Spielberg recently received his diploma from California State University-Long Beach after dropping out in 1968 to conquer Hollywood. A great example to dropouts everywhere–though, unlike Spielberg, most students probably couldn't get their natural sciences professor to visit them at work. At least not in person. Through E-learning, however, college students can have instructors visit them via the Internet. They can download video and audio of lectures and attend class discussions through chat rooms and message boards. Whatever the quality of these E-courses, more and more people are taking advantage of their convenience. Online-learning enrollments are growing 33 percent a year and are expected to hit 2.2 million by 2004, according to International Data Corp. And a study by Bear Stearns found that 150 institutions offer undergraduate degrees online and that nearly 200 offer online graduate degrees....
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