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Tuesday, September 02, 2003
Innovations in Online Learning: Moving Beyond No Significant Difference - Carol A. Twigg
Preface: During the early 1990s, many of those interested in the impact of information technology liked to talk about "paradigm shifts." Despite its attainment of cliché status, the concept of a paradigm shift is a powerful one. Most who were once skeptical of the impact of the Internet on the ways we do business in all facets of society now recognize that our paradigms are, in fact, shifting.... There is no question that the higher education community has moved well beyond the time-and-place-specific campus paradigm of the 1980s and early 1990s, when discussions of IT applications consisted primarily of wiring the classroom or wiring the campus. Most of those engaged in online learning programs promote the benefits of 24/7 access to courses and degree programs. Because they may not need to go to campus as frequently or at all, students also value the flexibility offered by online programs. A lot has changed. At the same time, a lot has not changed.
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