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The Future of Online Learning in Higher Education

The Future of Online Learning in Higher Education

Marshall G. Jones, Stephen W. Harmon
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 12
ISBN13: 9781609601478|ISBN10: 1609601475|EISBN13: 9781609601492
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-147-8.ch020
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Jones, Marshall G., and Stephen W. Harmon. "The Future of Online Learning in Higher Education." Technology Integration in Higher Education: Social and Organizational Aspects, edited by Daniel W. Surry, et al., IGI Global, 2011, pp. 279-290. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-147-8.ch020

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Jones, M. G. & Harmon, S. W. (2011). The Future of Online Learning in Higher Education. In D. Surry, R. Gray Jr., & J. Stefurak (Eds.), Technology Integration in Higher Education: Social and Organizational Aspects (pp. 279-290). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-147-8.ch020

Chicago

Jones, Marshall G., and Stephen W. Harmon. "The Future of Online Learning in Higher Education." In Technology Integration in Higher Education: Social and Organizational Aspects, edited by Daniel W. Surry, Robert M. Gray Jr., and James R. Stefurak, 279-290. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-147-8.ch020

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Abstract

This chapter addresses the future of online learning and online learning technologies in higher education. Our understanding of the use of future technologies can be aided by a better understanding of how we have addressed the use of technologies in our past and in our present. A brief history of the use of technology in teaching and learning serves as a catalyst for a discussion of the near term, mid-range and far term technologies and possible issues associated with them. The authors propose that keeping the focus on human learning instead of specific tools will help higher education take full advantage of online learning in the near and far term future.

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