Distance learning the great controversy
- Date
1998
- Summary
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A literature teacher argues the benefits of on-line learning, while her department chairperson presents arguments against it. Methods used to conduct an effective on-line "class" are demonstrated using state-of-the-art software. Criticism of distance learning is included. Students currently participating in on-line learning programs discuss how it has helped them achieve their educational goals.; Orginally broadcast as a segment of the documentary: Net.learning, in Sept. 1998 on PBS.
- Contributor
Frenkel, Karen A
- Publishers
Anytime Anywhere Network, Inc; South Carolina Educational Television Network; Films for the Humanities (Firm); Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
- Subjects
North American Culture; American Culture; Education; Science, Technology; Education; Science, Technology, and Math; Distance education United States; Telecommunication in education; Television in education; Educational technology
- Locations
North America; United States
- Collection
Films@UM
- Unit
Distinctive Media Collections
- Language
English
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright
- Terms of Use
Access is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
- Physical Description
57 minutes; color
- Notes
Access
Access condition: campus-only.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Leland Cole Kenower ... [et al.] ; editor, Cindy Kaplan Rooney ; music, Zina Goldrich, Peter Foley ; narrator, Scott Simon.
- Other Identifiers
Filename: lms-089676; Fedora 2 PID: umd:10681; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/3156; OCLC: ocm40060057; Catalog Key: alephsys002459714; Catalog Key: FFH 8056
Access Restrictions
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