[1] From: "Norman D. Hinton" <hinton@springnet1.com> (22)
Subject: Re: 12.0515 future of the virtual university?
[2] From: "Ted Knab" <teddy969@hotmail.com> (29)
Subject: Re: 12.0515 future of the virtual university?
[3] From: nellac@home.com (21)
Subject: Re: 12.0515 future of the virtual university?
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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 21:01:51 +0000
From: "Norman D. Hinton" <hinton@springnet1.com>
Subject: Re: 12.0515 future of the virtual university?
I regard the report of failure of Western Governor's and California
Virtual as good news indeed. -- I'm a strong believer in Computer
Assisted Instruction, and wrote some 40 CAI lessons in the old PLATO
days, but I regard the idea of getting an entire degree without setting
foot on a campus,or ever being with fellow students (chat rooms don't
count) as something other than an education.
Perhaps the lack off enrolment suggests that the people out there have
more sense than educationists were willing to grant.
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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 21:02:01 +0000
From: "Ted Knab" <teddy969@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: 12.0515 future of the virtual university?
I think that the virtual university may be the trend of the future. But,
time needs to pass before the technology becomes stable enough and
standardized enough to prevent major technical challenges. There is a
potential for virtual universities. Using Virtual Reality and high
powered personal computers that have voice and video interface
capabilities university administrators could transform their classrooms
into cyberclassrooms. These cyberclassrooms would look like a
traditional classroom. The only difference is that everything would be
in a virtual environment. There would be no need for buildings and all
the space that large universities need today. One building could hold
all the hardware needed for a number of different virtual classrooms.
Western Governor's University took a large risk with their venture.
Their concept seems to have come before the technological capabilities
needed to run smoothly exist. But, I think many others will follow and
many will succeed.
Ted, The techno-humanitarian
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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 21:02:10 +0000
From: nellac@home.com
Subject: Re: 12.0515 future of the virtual university?
Although I can't comment on these particular
examples and their apparent failure, I would
be very interested to know if group
participants have come across noteworthy
articles either in hard print or on-line
respecting electronic delivery of post
secondary education. (References would be
very much appreciated.)
Nella Cotrupi
medialaw@web.net
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