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Stephen Downes

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I learned more about Charlie Brown that I did about distance learning from this article, but it evokes memories of the day my father received his 'small engine repair' course through the mail (complete with small engine). The point of the article is that, despite the criticisms, distance learning "using the good old U.S. Mail" has been around, and well used, for a long time. And with the connectivity offered by the internet, maintains the author, distance learning is undergoing a sort of renaissance.

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