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Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Intensive distance learning methods via the internet can have great effect - Kishan S Rana, Business Standard
It is natural that new-fangled techniques like the use of the internet for distance learning should be compared with the traditional learning method, the classroom and face-to-face interaction. Can one really overcome distance or replicate the “vibrations” that a good teacher generates with her or his students? Looking into the eyes of his class, a good guru evaluates the learning that’s been absorbed. No video conference or on-line chatroom can match that. True. But surprisingly, intensive distance methods via the internet provide other things that teacher learning matches only imperfectly. Let us consider the oft-overlooked potential of the new methods.
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