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IP: AFT report on Distance Learning
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 21:12:16 -0500
The American Federation of Teachers will be publishing a paper in late February dealing with distance education. The paper will be titled "Teaming Up With Technology: How Unions Can Harness the Technology Revolution on Campus," and was developed by the AFT's Task Force on Technology in Higher Education. The current issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education (1/26/96, p.A20) reports on a draft version of the AFT paper. The article ("Faculty Group Calls for Caution and Curbs on Distance Education") begins "Higher Education's largest faculty union wants to put the brakes on distance education", and later notes that "Union activists say it's time that someone injected a little skepticism into the discussion." There's also a reference to library services. In paraphrasing remarks by the Task Force's chair, the article notes that "actually going to a library to conduct research is better for students." Bernie Sloan b-sloan () uiuc edu
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