ABSTRACT
Ron Oliver, John O’Donoghue and Barry Harper Australia is a country that has a long history of providing flexible learning opportunities for students in higher education. It has a distance education record that goes back further than most other countries and is one of the countries where quality in teaching and learning has been an item on the Governmental agenda for some time. Currently Australia is a country with a high degree of expertise and capability among its university sector in the use of Information Communication Technologies (ICT). Tracing the history of the uptake of ICT in higher education provides some insights that reveal the various influences that have led the sector to its current position. At the same time, a study of the history suggests a number of issues that could be addressed to advance these activities even further.
