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>From: "Jorth, Cindy" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "'Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum'"     <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RE: #5296.19 Technology and Enhanced Student Learning (!)
>Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 08:03:32 -0800

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I stand corrected.  

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> >Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 14:18:06 -0700
> >From: Michael Bush <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: RE: #5296.16 Technology and Enhanced Student Learning (!)
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> Cindy Jorth wrote in reponse to TBob's comment on the issue of Thomas
> Russell's long-running research on the "no significant difference
> phenomenon":
> > Someone else sent me that URL.  Here you go
> > http://cuda.teleeducation.nb.ca/nosignificantdifference/
> 
> > Interesting information, but I agree that it isn't actually all that
> > compelling.
> 
> Not compelling? Having education available to many numbers of people who
> do
> not otherwse have the opportunity to participate?  I find it incredibly
> compelling to realize that "no signigicant difference" means that as much
> learning can take place in these distance education settings as can take
> place on campus.
> 
> To me this means that we had better define precisely the unit of
> competitive
> advantage of our on-campus education (something hopefully more compelling
> than clubs and intercollegiate sports, although I support all of these),
> otherwise we will be hardpressed to justify our existence!
> 
> Not compelling?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mike
> Michael Bush
> Associate Professor of French and
> Instructional Psychology and Technology
> Brigham Young University
> http://moliere.byu.edu/digital/