With access to the Internet becoming more freely available, new challenges have arisen for teachers and students (Roder & Hunt, 2009). The ease with which information can be obtained and online dialogue engaged raises many questions as to how this influences teaching and learning. Can tertiary institutions continue to provide courses and teaching structures as they did prior to the advent of online learning, or must they adapt to the new learning environment? Instead of being primarily purveyors of knowledge, should institutions become places for the exchange of ideas as in Web 2.0 philosophy (Siemens, 2008)? With information so freely available, does open access learning, which includes discussion, need to offer more than information supplied in neat parcels such as study guides? Should knowledge and knowledge acquisition be reconceptualised in the new online learning environment?
With access to the Internet becoming more freely available, new challenges have arisen for teachers and students (Roder & Hunt, 2009). The ease with which information can be obtained and online dialogue engaged raises many questions as to how this influences teaching and learning. Can tertiary institutions continue to provide courses and teaching structures as they did prior to the advent of online learning, or must they adapt to the new learning environment? Instead of being primarily purveyors of knowledge, should institutions become places for the exchange of ideas as in Web 2.0 philosophy (Siemens, 2008)? With information so freely available, does open access learning, which includes discussion, need to offer more than information supplied in neat parcels such as study guides? Should knowledge and knowledge acquisition be reconceptualised in the new online learning environment?
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