While distance education can provide efficient utilization of scarce resources, more fair distribution of knowledge, and timely dissemination of new knowledge, limitations in its effective use exist. Student motivation is critical. On-line instructors may need to take more time for the electronic course. Limits to the number of students may be required to maintain quality interaction. While generalizations in the effectiveness of distance education are dangerous, a common set of advantages and disadvantages are emerging.
Predictor: Dwyer, Dan
Prediction, in context:Dan Dwyer, Kathy Barbieri and Helen M. Doerr of the Cornell Theory Center, a national center for high-performance computing, presented research titled ÒCreating a Virtual Classroom for Interactive Education on the Web,Ó in which they discuss new opportunities for distance education over the Internet, at the third annual WWW Conference in 1995. They write:ÒThere are many topics that need to be explored before being able to offer complete workshops over the Internet. These range from technical considerations to sociological aspects of learning without the existence of a physical classroom. Much study has already been done in distance education. While distance education can provide efficient utilization of scarce resources, more fair distribution of knowledge, and timely dissemination of new knowledge, limitations in its effective use exist. Student motivation is critical. On-line instructors may need to take more time for the electronic course. Limits to the number of students may be required to maintain quality interaction. While generalizations in the effectiveness of distance education are dangerous, a common set of advantages and disadvantages are emerging.Ó
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: WWW Conference '95
Title, headline, chapter name: Creating a Virtual Classroom for Interactive Education on the Web
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
www.igd.fhg.de/archive/1995_www95/proceedings/papers/62/ctc.virtual.class/ctc.virtual.class.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne