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Thursday, September 19, 2002
http://www.darwinmag.com/read/090102/learn.html E-Learning: Cutting Classes JON SURMACZ E-learning is more than a cost-saver. Those who do it well say the Web allows them to engage students more effectively than traditional classroom training and education—that's where the payoff is. At Seminole Community College in Sanford, Fla. (about 20 miles northeast of Orlando), Maureen Tremel teaches "Introduction to Nursing Processes for the Certified Paramedic." Tremel has taught the theory and lecture portion of the course for two years: online.... As an instructor, Tremel is more focused on the intellectual returns on the school's investment than the cost benefits associated with the software to put the course online. She says online courses force students to do more work on their own because they would rather spend class time seeking answers to their questions, not listening to a lecture....
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