We've all heard stories of dramatically high drop-out rates in e-learning. Can they be true? Well yes, but an explanation is in order, argues the author. Not all e-learning is equal, and some of it is wildly inappropriate to the task - "much of the technology currently used is unnecessarily specialised and tends to alienate rather than include people. Some of the complex learning management systems could be seen as the aid equivalent to the $50,000 tractor in Ethiopia. The cost of failures in these over-complicated systems is high..." This article is work looking at for the graphics alone (oh, but do read the words too).
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