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Theory and Practice of Online Learning. Developing Course Material for Online Adult Instruction. Introduction Traditionally the methods used to teach are based upon educational research and best practices.

Developing Course Material for Online Adult Instruction

Much of the way untrained instructors teach students is derived from how they were taught as students themselves. Online Learning is Virtually Rubbish. A recent article in a major newspaper the “Death of the dotcom degree” described the failure of ‘virtual’ universities (The Sunday Age 20090222).

Online Learning is Virtually Rubbish

While I can’t disagree with the core of the article, that online learning as delivered by most universities around the world is unpopular, I do challenge the reasons they gave for this being so. While the article blames the product I would lay blame squarely with the providers who develop the product. Our universities have failed dismally in the development of online learning. Yet writing off online education at this point in time is equivalent to looking at the technology of the car in 1900 and concluding that this will never evolve into anything.