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Chapter 8: Issues and Choices

Col, Jul 31, 2001

Offers useful definitions of some key terms ('distance learning', 'flexible learning', etc). Maps the emerging vision of online learning as web-centric and learner centered. Lists constraining forces, such as access, costs and faculty concerns. Lists driving forces, such as access, cost and the capacity to 'unbundle' faculty roles. Raises issues such as privatization and globalization. By Glen Farrell, The Commonwealth of Learning, July 2001.

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