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

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Tuesday, October 15, 2002

http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,807457,00.html

Working the web: e-learning
The Guardian

Cod degrees "requiring no tests, classes or books" are offered daily in your junk mail - but logging on to learn is becoming a serious alternative. There was a time when distance learning meant getting up at 5am to see a bearded trainspotter on BBC2 explain molecular biology using a blackboard and chalk. The pain of studying came with none of the redeeming pub-crawls and character-building social stuff. Now, even teeny tots are comfortable logging on at their workstations and some great resources are at Discovery and at the BBC site, which has school stuff alongside a handful of leisurely adult courses, including languages and gardening. The Guardian's e-learning website, at www.learn.co.uk/ is another useful resource....

 



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