High Cost of Driving Ignites Online Classes Boom (pg 2) - NYTimes.com - The Diigo Meta page

• 15 Jul 08
  

  John Martin

  Page 2 of NYT article

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  • Distance education is no silver bullet that can alone solve the challenges posed for higher education by rising gasoline prices, officials warned.
  • many students, especially in rural areas, lack the high-speed Internet connections on which online courses depend.

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  John Martin on 2008-07-15
  Critical for our higher ed admin to KNOW and UNDERSTAND. Quality of program and faculty are critical to setting an institution apart.
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  John Martin on 2008-07-15
  Must remember this - particularly here in NH, connections stlil run the full spectrum with a large number still on dial-up. This puts a serious crimp in courses requiring active, synchronous and virtual learning environments.

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