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In 1897, with a series of shorthand lessons delivered by postal service, Anna Tickner changed the way instruction was presented forever. The early days of distance education witnessed the inclusion of the old passive/lecture para- digm, which was...

Its about time professional development is seen as something other than teachers sitting in a stuffy room, drinking cool coffee from styrofoam cups and listening to a speaker who may or may not be an expert. Furthermore, instruction online and...

A need for research to determine predictors of attrition from distance education is of particular importance because governmental funding to institutions of higher education is often based on attendance. Attrition rates in distance education format...

Technology is definitely a part of our world but all too often that world does not include the K-12 classroom. Technology seems to stop short because of lack of teacher training, lack of well developed lesson ideas, and the fact that universities...

Technology has revolutionized the way education is delivered, especially to the workforce of developed countries. There remains, however, a disparity between developed and under-developed countries in the utilization of technology and the Internet...