E-Learning in the New University

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Tom P. Abeles: E-Learning in the New University, e-mentor October 20, 2005

Noting that today's e-learning is merely a virtual clone of the more traditional campus-based version, author Tome Abeles reminds readers that new technology is breaking down walls, that 'science rests outside the academy', and that as academics came down from the ivory tower 'to assume the bully pulpit' they also laid themselves open to a leveling of intellectual privilege. More...