Education in the Age of the Internet: The Euphoria of Technology

In an earlier commentary (Kong, 1999), I raised the issue of distance from the 'centre' as a barrier to a researcher's participation in the academic circuit, despite the advent of technology and the possibilities it brings of decreasing relative distance. In this commentary, I wish to...

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Main Author:	Kong, Lily
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Language:	English
Published:	Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2001
Subjects:	Higher education technology Internet teaching classrooms Higher Education Online and Distance Education
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spelling	sg-smu-ink.soss_research-29802020-04-06T07:50:39Z Education in the Age of the Internet: The Euphoria of Technology Kong, Lily In an earlier commentary (Kong, 1999), I raised the issue of distance from the 'centre' as a barrier to a researcher's participation in the academic circuit, despite the advent of technology and the possibilities it brings of decreasing relative distance. In this commentary, I wish to focus on what technology may and may not do for teaching and learning, and thus to balance some of the overstated claims about the imminent replacement of classrooms and lecture halls with virtual campuses. 2001-03-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1723 info:doi/10.1068/a347 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2980/viewcontent/EducationAgeInternet_2001.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Higher education technology Internet teaching classrooms Higher Education Online and Distance Education
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description	In an earlier commentary (Kong, 1999), I raised the issue of distance from the 'centre' as a barrier to a researcher's participation in the academic circuit, despite the advent of technology and the possibilities it brings of decreasing relative distance. In this commentary, I wish to focus on what technology may and may not do for teaching and learning, and thus to balance some of the overstated claims about the imminent replacement of classrooms and lecture halls with virtual campuses.
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