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Monday, April 15, 2002
http://www.usdla.org/html/journal/FEB02_Issue/article05.html Experiencing the Online Environment Denise L. Land “Let the Knowledge Olympics begin. The torch of e-learning is ablaze" (Bersch, 2001, p. 32). The distance-learning environment taps into the innovation of technology to offer a flexible and engaging adult learning opportunity. Students engaged in distance learning are able to learn anytime, anywhere, in a collaborative learning community. Online learning promotes the globalization of adult learning by opening the boundaries of learning (Neo & Eng, 2001). Traditional institutions of higher education are met with the triple challenge of keeping education activities moving forward, supplementing research opportunities or expanding customary classroom offerings with e-learning opportunities and, of course, keeping an eye on their profit margins. Competition from accredited online universities leaves traditional institutions scrambling for innovative avenues that will salvage long-existing traditions of academia....
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