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Monday, August 12, 2002

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/223/economy/Course_management_software_tra:.shtml

Course management software transforms higher education
Helena Payne, Associated Press

The students in Howard Budin's democracy and technology class hold spirited discussions and go on course-related field trips. But physical interaction with classmates is strictly optional. The Columbia University professor manages the distance-learning class with course management software. He finds the software doesn't just ease his workload by reducing mundane tasks. It can also help ease inhibitions. ''They participate a whole lot more than they do in my face-to-face course,'' Budin said of his students who interact electronically...

 



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