sion (ETV) license in 1945 to become the first ETV broadcaster in the world--it began televising educational programs in 1950. Since the mid 1980's, attention has shifted to the use of computer networks for teaching and learning, and educators have gained a powerful new media (Distance Educator.com, 2000).
From the first, concerns have been raised that such alternative delivery systems may not be as effective as the traditional classroom-based education and that students may be short-changed. Many of these programs are controlled and administered by site-based institutions. Such institutions have faculty to oversee the curriculum and long standing traditions for dealing with matters of ins
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