Why are educators "worried" about e-Learning?

From the article: "Although online learning clearly has a growing presence in higher education, discussions about implementing e-learning continue to lack consensus. Part of the problem, as noted above, is the definition of e-learning. Many educators assume e-learning to mean that an entire course and all the interactions between faculty and students are online. But today’s definition has morphed from a fully-online course to the use of technology to deliver some or all of a course." (Emphasis in italics is mine, not the authors'.)

The Myth about E-Learning: “We Don’t Need to Worry about E-Learning Anymore.” - Diana G. Oblinger and Brian L. Hawkins, EDUCAUSE Review. Now may be exactly the right time to “worry” about e-learning.... Online enrollments are predicted to continue growing. Not only are the numbers up; growth rates are climbing as well. The 2003 growth rate was 19.8 percent; the estimate for 2004 was 24.8 p [Online Learning Update]

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Drupal advances.

links for 2005-07-24.

• Community Podcast Example | Drupal for Artists & Musicians
  go drupal go! - shows you the power of the drupal platform
  (tags: drupal podcasting rolandtanglao)
• Audioblogging a virtual radio station with podcasts
  podcasts with drupal, easy, peasy! - "Drupal, a free content-management/blogging system, makes it easy to create an audio blog -- just write a blog item and attach an MP3 file. Since Drupal generates RSS2.0 files in just about every possible context, you
  (tags: drupal rolandtanglao podcasting)
• Who's Going to Take Online Real Estate to the Next Level?
  Combine Realtor's MLS-based national (i.e. US) search with HousingMaps UI (because who cares for Craigslist housing listings?), including smart ideas such as a history of past sales as featured by Redfin (who is not alone in overlaying local MLS data on m
  (tags: realestate rolandtanglao)

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