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Mapping the Terrain of Online Education - Kenneth C. Green, Campus Technology
Two Sloan-C reports provide both firm definitions for and hard data about the numbers of students involved in online education. Like so many things in education and the academic community, much of the (sometimes polite, sometimes passionate) conversation about big issues is often driven by opinion and epiphany, rather than data and evidence. Certainly, the decade-long discussions on and off campus about distance and online education, fall into this mode. All (or at least many) of us have fixed and firm opinions about the efficacy and quality of online and distance education, and the impact of these programs for students and institutions. “Online education is now clearly part of the evolving, 21st century landscape of American higher education.” Consequently, it is useful and refreshing to find informative reports with credible data that help map the still somewhat uncharted territory of online and distance learning in American higher education.
  posted by Ray at 4/08/2005 11:55:00 AM permanent item link   

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