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Monday, November 11, 2002
Online learning gains ground in Hawaii - Beverly Creamer
Bent over her laptop in the belly of a lumbering C-17, Air Force Dr. Karen Bartku would study online by the hour during long flights home from Yokota Air Base in Japan where she was stationed before coming to Hawai'i. Signing into a virtual classroom created by the University of Phoenix and nestling plugs into her ears, Bartku was oblivious to the droning engines while she worked uninterrupted for 14 hours as the plane crossed the Pacific. "Some people prefer the face-to-face experience, but not me," says the 40-year-old military podiatrist, who last week hit the computer 'send' button to turn in her final project for her master's degree in business administration.
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