June 28, 2002

Miscommunication With Students Is Frighteningly Common, Distance-Education Professors Find

E-mail makes it easier than ever for professors and students to communicate -- and to miscommunicate. Some distance-education professors say they are surprised at how often students misinterpret online messages.

That is one of the drawbacks to distance education discussed this month at the annual meeting of the American Association of University Professors, in Washington. The meeting, titled "Distancing Education," examined the effects of technology and commercialization on the

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