April 12, 2002

A New Handbook Collects Essays on the Nuts and Bolts of Online Learning

By BROCK READ

With the recent demise of for-profit distance-learning ventures at both New York and Temple Universities and the continuing fallout from the dot-com crash, online educators can be forgiven for approaching their field with as much caution as exuberance, according to Allison Rossett, a professor of educational technology at San Diego State University. "The honeymoon is over," she says.

But Ms. Rossett remains "ecstatic" about the possibilities of online learning: "I am a believer," she

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