E-Learning Needs Work
Neil Porten,
The New Zealand Herald,
Oct 23, 2001
This article - which leads with the conclusion that the author will "stick with his ring-binder for the time being" - looks like a typically uninformed criticism of online learning, but it is useful to look at the two sidebar articles or some background. One, Education Online, describes some of the preliminary work being done at two New Zealand institutions. The other, Studying Online Proves to Be Tough Assignment, is more telling, detailing a sorry case of off-the-shelf courseware and indifferent tutorial support. It also doesn't help that the article cites as a main source Universitas 21, which isn't even offering classes yet. We want to be sympathetic here. I wish there were some way of effectively promoting the really useful work being done - such as yesterdays's NAWeb Award winning projects - rather than have journalists rely on the slipshod and the incomplete for their information.
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