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Stephen Downes

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James Perley and Denise Marie Tanguay argue that accrediting online learning damages higher education because online learning compartmentalizes learning and endangers academic freedom. In a second essay, Virtual Universities Can Meet High Standards, Steven Crow argues that there is nothing inherent in online learning which demands a change in these traditional practises. Good read. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1999.

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