In the last 5 years, technology has changed the way classes are being taught, Student's taking note, communicating with one another etc... Things that were once difficult are now so simple no one thinks of them. With technology, online education was possible. Students with busy life can take online classes 100 miles from the campus, They can easily contact their instructor, even get all their text books electronically.
Our learning environment has change with technology, campus are posting lecture podcast on their website so student can download it and listening at his leisure.Everything can be digitize, student have their class on the "go".
Despite all the change, face to face meeting still important and had an impact in learning.
You should check out Matt's entry on this topic. He touches on web training advancements that took place in the last few years. As far as myself, I remember going for my first degree (several years ago) and taking an online course was not common at all. Now, we have some classes at Edgewood that are taught online for the most part. It's a great advancement in technology because people from all over the world can take the same class together. What a great way to share ideas from people who don't share a similar background with you.
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