[LINK] Digital distraction: New report raises concerns about online learning

[Tom Worthington]

On 16/4/20 7:50 am, Antony Broughton Barry wrote:

> https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/digital-distraction-new-report-raises-concerns-about-online-learning-20200415-p54k0l.html

There were concerns about TV being a distraction, back in the days of 
correspondence courses and educational broadcasts. There are 
technological distractions, but decades of experience shows this is 
manageable.

Technology enabled distance education learning is not new. The 
Australian Schools of the Air are an early example for children. 
Australia's University of New England pioneered techniques for adult 
distance education, later adopted by the Open University in the UK, and 
from there around the world.

https://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2013/08/lessons-for-moocs-from-open-university.html



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