International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (Jan 2001)
Guest Editorial ~ Converting to Online Course and Program Delivery: Global perspectives
Abstract
As former practitioners and advocates for classroom instruction seek to compare the relative advantages and disadvantages of face-to-face and online teaching by reporting on their primarily one-off experiences with developing and delivering online courses within a more traditional university culture, forays by more traditional universities into online education have begun to dominate the distance education and online literature.