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Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Blended Learning – Steering The Middle Course For E-Learning Success - David Stephenson, TrainingZone
The world’s first university, The Academy, established in Athens by Plato in 387 BC was free for students, entirely dependent on donations for its revenue and teaching was conducted through story telling and lecturing. The academic landscape has obviously changed a lot since then, especially in recent years. Government mandates for better quality and innovative education, greater student demands and expectations, overburdened faculty resources and the increasing number of educational options has led universities to explore alternative methods of teaching. Today, technology is changing the shape of education. Many universities globally have already introduced e-learning and some are using it in all their degree programmes. However, online learning should not be seen as a means of replacing traditional classroom based-teaching. Face-to-face teaching is still as effective as it was in the days of Plato.
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