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Beyond The Blackboard: Regulating Distance Learning In Higher Education, Leslie T. Thornton
Beyond The Blackboard: Regulating Distance Learning In Higher Education, Leslie T. Thornton
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
It is not so surprising that traditional institutions of higher education have been relatively slower than businesses, for example, to embrace the potential of the new technologies, and have lost students to those institutions and businesses which have been more willing to change. But technology is playing an enormous role in the shape, size, and direction of education, and it's not waiting for the leaders of traditional institutions--or anyone else, for that matter--to join the club.
This Article examines the scope and impact of that role, specifically as it has developed through a new trend toward online "distance education" or …