ABSTRACT

Because of expanded educational opportunities and choices, teaching in an e-learning context is an onerous responsibility. The e-learning environment extends interaction and this has a liberating but transformational effect on approaches to teaching. To be constrained by the restricted frame of traditional classroom presentational approaches is to ignore the capabilities and potential of e-learning. Implicit in this recognition is the need to rethink the purpose, approach, and nature of the educational transaction. Despite the challenges associated with designing and delivering a meaningful and worthwhile learning experience, it is clear that the technologies associated with e-learning provide enormous opportunities and choice for connection and reflection that cannot be ignored.