Online
learning is a continuum of teaching. Every instructor and every institution now
needs to decide where a particular course or program should be placed on this continuum
of teaching.
As more
academic content is openly and freely available, students will look to their
local institutions for support in their learning, rather than for the delivery
of content. This puts a greater focus on teaching skills and less on subject
expertise.
Faculty and
instructors need a strong framework for assessing the value of different
technologies, new or existing, and for deciding how or when these technologies
make sense for them (and/or their students) to use.
