Overview

"This is a ""report from the front"" on the short history and status of online learning in the United States and, to some extent, around the world. Taking in schools from Penn State's World Campus to the Florida Virtual School to the emerging online learning initiatives in Afghanistan, this book provides a snapshot of the way in which technology is changing the minds of people with regard to the nature of higher education. It looks at the method of electronic delivery, the quality of the information being delivered and quality of interaction it engenders. It looks at the way learners are adapting to this technology and how much responsibility is put on the student's shoulders. Finally, it looks at the business of online learning since it is an area of education that most involves the private sector."

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Author:   Gene I. Maeroff
Publisher:   St Martin's Press
Imprint:   St Martin's Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.373kg
ISBN:  

9781403960856

ISBN 10:   1403960852
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   08 February 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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One of the few even-handed discussions, A Classroom of One brings some much needed clarity. --Scott Eliott, Dayton Daily News Praise for Maeroff's Altered Destinies : A must-read...Maeroff shows again and again how the altered lives of a few can serve as testament to what is possible for many. -- The American School Board Journal

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GENE I. MAEROFF is Director of the Heichinger Institute on Education and Media at Teachers College/Columbia University and the author of Altered Destinies (SMP, 1998).

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