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

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

Monday, June 15, 2009
Online Learning: Necessity is the Mother of Invention - Nancy Salvato, Right Side News
Online colleges make use of online libraries, filled with relevant, current research from reputable, peer reviewed journals, and are slowly phasing out the necessity for textbooks. They are replacing them with streaming videos, podcasts, and other forms of media. Brick and mortar institutions are experimenting with online learning. While there should be no expectation that more traditional institutions of learning will be phased out, they will have to adapt to technology in order to stay relevant.

 



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