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Foil 62 Goals of Distance Education

From General NPAC Foils-98A starting January 98 (PowerPoint) DSWA HPCC REquirements Workshop TASC Building Rosslyn VA -- 20 February 98. by Geoffrey C. Fox


1 Reduce cost and increase quality of curriculum and its delivery by
  • Allowing Students access to expertise not available in their own educational institution
  • Use and deliver material to more students than in a typical class so can justify greater effort in preparation
2 Most important in near term for remote students and new rapidly changing fields which are typically not available
3 In long term can impact nature of educational enterprise
4 Important Questions:
  • What is needed network infrastructure in terms of bandwidth and quality of service?
  • What is appropriate way of preparing material and how should it best be delivered
5 Answers to questions probably depends on field and student body

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