User:The Critical Mind/sandbox

Linda Harasim is a pioneer in online education. Her interest in the subject started when she taught school in Africa from the late 1970s into the early 1980s. The country/ies (which ones?) lacked the academic infrastructure and pedagogue common to developed nations. Harasim understood that, without connection to the resources of countries with well-funded educational systems, African students would suffer a chronic academic deficit.

First Steps
At the same time as Harasim came to understand the need for communication between a tool to tackle the problem emerged, the internet. This new global medium allowed communication of the written word and images (is this correct?) instantly. Businesses had embraced the Electronic Information Exchange System (EIES) ideveloped by Murray Turoff between 1974 and 1978 at the New Jertsey Institute of Technology

Online Collaborative Learning
Linda outlines her thinking in OCL Theory