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

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Friday, October 25, 2002

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/hr/story/0,2000024989,20269239-2,00.htm

Australia Cashing in on the connection

While the extent to which the Internet can be integrated into the traditional university structure is still being developed, the race is on to use this medium to offer classes, courses and even entire degrees. Dennis Glover, was involved in the creation of the Knowledge Nation platform the Labor Party campaigned on in the last Federal Election, proposes to use e-learning to open up educational opportunities to a broader cross-section of Australians.... However, in the course of his research, Glover realised e-learning represented an important economic opportunity for Australian Universities. "The recommendation was that Australia aims to become a world leader in the creation and delivery of e-learning content," Glover says. "To achieve this, the courses needed to be just as good, if not better than, the offline courses on offer." ...

 



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