Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, COLRS - Online@Illinois Springfield

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Monday, April 11, 2005
Distance education going places - India Tribune News Service
With an increasing emphasis on distance learning and its merits, institutes offering them are no longer being looked upon as an inferior alternative to interactive learning. This is being corroborated by the fact that Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), a premier distance learning institution alone, has signed 21 MoUs for a wider outreach. Owing to the miracles of technology that have led to shrinking physical distance and cater to a worldwide classroom, distance education is fast becoming a popular medium. And contrary to popular belief that it is restricted to a specific branch of knowledge, it is emerging as an effective alternative even in the field of specialised sciences.

 



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