Document Type

Article

Publication/Presentation Date

2-1999

Abstract/Description

The authors discuss the advantages and difficulties of Web-based online distance learning. Web-based ODL can and does work for most learners when designed with high levels of interactivity and when cost and access issues can be adequately addressed. However, Web-based ODL requires a fundamental paradigm shift in how we define concepts like education and the classroom.

Publication Title

Computer

Additional Information

This paper appears in the "Internet Watch" column (editor: Ron Vetter, University of North Carolina at Wilmington) of IEEE Computer Magazine.

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