QuickTake: Collaboration Tools for Online Learning

The always reliable University Business has nice piece in the June issue on collaboration tools that facilitate distance learning. I especially like the recognition that technology doesn't obviate the need for effective course design. Efforts by Capitol College and Purdue University in utilizing products from Centra and Macromedia are featured. From what I keep reading, the schools that are lagging in this area are doing themselves a real disservice. It's amazing to me that Purdue employs about a thousand IT professionals to make distance learning work!