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Why teach online?
The University of Edinburgh’s (2016) Strategic Plan endorses “a digital culture that will culminate in a university where: every core service is fully digital; every educator is a digital educator; every student is a digital student”.
Who are our distance learners?
Online students tend to be older, more professionally minded, and with greater challenges to overcome in their work-life balance. Engaged online teaching can help with this.
What are the unique challenges faced by distance learners?
In ‘Making Distance Visible: Assembling Nearness in an Online Distance Learning Programme’, the authors make some key points
