The foregoing brief review of international trends in distance learning provides a useful perspective for reviewing the state of distance learning in Portugal. It highlights two important trends that are worth bearing in mind. First, there is a dramatic shift in DL pedagogy towards collaborative networked learning with a shift of emphasis from the dimension of "space" in distance learning towards the dimension of "time". Second, the use of the blended models by traditional HEIs has spread rapidly and represents the wave of the future.