Institutionalizing Web Based Education: A Case Study

Web-based education, started about 6 years ago, is growing by leaps and bound and is expected to reach almost 5 million students by 2006. Many players have already been eliminated but many more are emerging. Many institutions are at a cross road and in many cases their survival depends on how successfully they handle WBE. In this regard they can learn from early adopters of WBE and learn from their experiences both good and bad. This paper discusses WBE at one university, an early WBE adopter, and discusses their experiences and forthcoming challenges with WBE.