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Schejbal, David – Innovative Higher Education, 2012
In this essay I argue that online education, artificial intelligence, and market pressures are driving higher education to adopt the industrial model and to find a new paradigm for delivering education at low costs. In addition, there is tremendous pressure from the federal government to make universities more accountable while making higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students
Anderson, Terry – Journal of Distance Education, 2009
This article presents the author's response to Randy Garrison's article titled, "Implications of Online and Blended Learning for the Conceptual Development and Practice of Distance Education." Garrison's article seems to have missed many important developments relating to distance education and obscures the evolution of distance…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Criticism, Foreign Countries, Distance Education
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Di Nitto, Elisabetta; Mainetti, Luca; Monga, Mattia; Sbattella, Licia; Tedesco, Roberto – Educational Technology & Society, 2006
E-learning has the potential to offer significant advantages over traditional classroom learning. However, it requires a complete redefinition of the dynamics of interaction between the various actors of a classroom. Moreover, in this context, the authoring of instructional material requires much more time than in traditional learning. Therefore,…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Standards, Web Based Instruction, Electronic Learning
Bastiaens, Theo; van Merrienboer, Jeroen; Hoogveld, Bert – 2002
Human resource development (HRD) specialists are searching for instructional design models that accommodate e-learning platforms. Van Merrienboer proposed the four-component instructional design model (4C/ID model) for competency-based education. The model's basic message is that well-designed learning environments can always be described in terms…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Competency Based Education, Definitions, Distance Education
Sloman, Martyn – 2002
This book, which is written from the perspective of a practicing human resources manager, presents 17 case studies illustrating how technology is driving a new training paradigm. The case studies support 21 propositions regarding training in the e- learning (electronic learning) revolution, including the following:(1) the Internet changes…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies