ABSTRACT
The present educational environment at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) may be described as teacher-centred. Most instructors adopt a ‘blame the student’ approach as described by Biggs (1999). The teaching and learning activities that are used in the classroom are largely ‘traditional’. Lectures are the predominant means of delivering content. An increasing number of technological tools are in place around the college, and one of the institution’s goals is to have instructors use this technology more effectively in the teaching and learning process. As a part of the drive to incorporate technology into education, the college is looking to leverage its existing technology infrastructure to implement a web-based distance education system that is suited to the college’s unusual geographical circumstances. The new venture must provide a quality of learning that is equivalent to or better than that of the face-toface classroom.
