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Online Learning Update - a blog published daily since 2001 by Ray Schroeder, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Springfield

Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Students take gym online; no, really - Shruti L. Mathur, Star Tribune
It might sound like an oxymoron, but the students who take physical education on the Web say it really works. When Chris Whritenour tells people about her part-time job, she gives them a moment to laugh. Whritenour teaches online physical education. Yes, that's right. Online phy ed. Whritenour admits the job sounds like the "ultimate oxymoron," and inevitably, the next question is "how does that work?" The emphasis in online "gym" class is personal fitness, said Whritenour.

 



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