ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION Both on-and off -campus institutions of higher education around the world have been on the front end of being profoundly impacted by communication and Internet technologies during the 1990s and into the new millennium. Internet technologies, for example, have already greatly infl uenced administrative and research activities, with the greatest organizational change to occur with the design and delivery of teaching and learning. While the full impact is yet to be experienced, traditional open and distance education institutions are using online learning to provide opportunities for sustained interaction at the same time as traditional campus-based institutions are providing greater independence and access through online learning activities.
