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8/18/2005
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By Judith V. B'ettcher
NOT LONG AGO, a highly publicized report suggested that the eLearning boom had gone bust. The report, Thwarted Innovation: What Happened to e-Learning and Why (Zemsky and Massey, University of Pennsylvania, 2004), took a hard stance. Another finding suggested that the “bust” was possibly a natural milestone in the process of innovation, and was only a bust due to the overly rigid and unimaginative applications of the online technologies. The study predicted that the next boom would happen when online programs used “flexible combinations” of people, facilities, and technology to meet learner-centered career and lifestyle goals. This is happening now.
The next wave of the eLearning innovation is in progress and, according
to some, is succeeding in paying its own way. Programs portending the
potential for a boom in online learning within traditional institutions
of higher learning are those at
:::::: THE BUZZ
: The Institutional Path For Change in This Age: Andragogy, not Pedagogy :::::: PRODUCTS AND APPS : College Students Find WiFi Essential to Education, Survey Reports :::::: NEWS :::::: INTERVIEW :: CRM Pushing into New Areas of Higher Ed :::::: IT NEWS :::::: ELEARNING TIPS :::::: NEWS and PRODUCT UPDATES :::::: THE BUZZ :::::: ELEARNING TIPS :::::: PRODUCTS AND APPS :::::: NEWS
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