Don't Forget the High-Touch with the High-Tech in Distance Learning.

Spitzer, Dean R.

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ERIC Number: EJ625231

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Publication Date: 2001

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Don't Forget the High-Touch with the High-Tech in Distance Learning.

Spitzer, Dean R.

Educational Technology, v41 n2 p51-55 Mar-Apr 2001

Discusses Web-based distance learning and emphasizes the importance of human interaction and facilitation to ensure successful programs. Topics include corporate use of distance learning as well as academic institutions; cost effectiveness; dropout rates; social processes; avoiding technical problems; peer support systems; orientation; and student interaction. (LRW)

Descriptors: Corporate Education, Cost Effectiveness, Distance Education, Dropout Rate, Higher Education, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship, Orientation, Problems, Social Environment, Web Based Instruction, World Wide Web

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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