Online Learning a Panacea for Falling Retention Rates or a Flawed Strategy for Student Centred Learning

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Gallagher, J. (2005). Online Learning a Panacea for Falling Retention Rates or a Flawed Strategy for Student Centred Learning. In G. Richards (Ed.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (pp. 1830-1835). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2005
E-Learn 2005--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education
October 2005
ISBN 1-880094-57-6
  Griff Richards
AACE

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James Gallagher, Napier University, United Kingdom

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Abstract: In April 2005 it was announced by the institution that it would be joining a consortium of Scottish universities to provide online degrees for Chinese students. At first sight this seems to be a means by which the institution's problems with retention rates and cash flow could be addressed. This paper contends that there is a dichotomy between the organisational head (strategy) and the operational body (tactics). That where the strategists may see computer based learning as a panacea experience of developing electronic, interactive, multimedia, for use on MBA courses has given a different perspective. The sequence and depth of learning traditionally undertaken by students when juxtaposed with the sound-bite, self service learning mode offered by multimedia dictates a greater and deeper organisational support than strategists at first perceived.

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