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Monday, April 18, 2011

From Distance Education to Online Education

Mason, Robin. “From Distance Education to Online Education.” The Internet and Higher Education 3, no. 1-2 (2000): 63-74. http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.mnsu.edu/science (accessed Mar. 15, 2011).

This article summarizes the history of the UK Open University. It follows the steps they used along the way and reports on the barriers and problems they faced in developing this program. This program was a pioneer in distance learning. They began as a print based distance learning program which has transitioned over 30 years to encompass online distance learning as well.

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