Storms clouds on the digital education horizon
Journal of Computing in Higher EducationPublished 1 September 2003
Thomas C. Reeves
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Recommendations for a strong development research model to address the continued dominance of traditional pedagogy in digital higher education and the disappointing state of educational research in the area are made.
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ALTHOUGH DIGITAL EDUCATION is growing across all sectors of higher education, many unresolved challenges remain unresolved. This paper focuses on five of them:
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