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Internet Courses, Mature Learners: Two Undervalued Market Segments
Author(s) -
Towell Elizabeth,
Neeley Lynn
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
new horizons in adult education and human resource development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1939-4225
DOI - 10.1002/nha3.10112
Subject(s) - the internet , competition (biology) , distance education , subject (documents) , resizing , resistance (ecology) , marketing , sociology , business , political science , computer science , world wide web , pedagogy , ecology , european union , biology , economic policy
Use of the World Wide Web (WWW) for instruction has grown dramatically in the last two years. Almost every major university in the US has some distance education offering. Increasing competition and shrinking resources within public institutions have accelerated the growth of this technological innovation. Recent press on the subject suggests, however, that “education at a distance” is meeting tremendous resistance in some corners.