Technology and Lifelong Learning: Myths and Realities
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Introduction Over the last ten years, distance education has seen some major changes due to the impact of technology, and in particular the development of the World Wide Web and the Internet. In 1995 there were no web-based online courses (although online teaching based on computer-mediated communication software such as CoSy and First Class had been around since the late 1980s). Now, it is estimated that there are approximately four million students in fully online programs in 2003 (Bates, in press).
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