December 14, 2001

Unplanned Obsolescence and the New Network Culture

By MARK C. TAYLOR

Although the Internet has been around for a few decades, widespread debate about online education has coincided with the rise and fall of the dot-com economy. As the dot-com frenzy spread, many institutions rushed to find ways to participate in that "new" economy. Yet their decision to develop online-education initiatives was usually the result of a fear of being left behind or losing competitive advantage -- financial or educational -- rather than a coherent educational philosophy and

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