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Tuesday, April 27, 2004
Masters of online collaboration - Eric Wilson, Sydney Morning Herald
The early debates about e-learning centred upon the merits of online versus classroom training. Then people started to realise there is still value in the old classroom, giving rise to the term "blended learning" - a mixture of online and classroom training. Lately, though, the industry buzz is online collaboration - where students and teachers interact. Of course, in traditional terms, mixing prescribed texts with student and teacher interaction is called classroom training - so it seems everything old is new again. It is now recognised the best e-learning isn't based upon principles of self-study but in also replicating classroom interactions online.
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