ABSTRACT
At the simplest level, online learning offers alternative ways of delivering materials previously delivered in print form or in lectures or classes, often appearing to the learner as 'electronic page turning'. In contrast, the Global View programme at Chico, California shows how a more adventurous approach by staff in a less constraining institutional environment has facilitated a learner-managed international collaboration programme that takes learners beyond the expertise of their professors. Online learning, however, has much more to offer than easier text exchange between student and teacher. The overriding feature of online learning is that it has the potential to allow each of the features to be controlled by learners - at the same time if necessary - in their own learning station, home or place of work. External pressures and technical innovations, however, are likely to push the next generation of online teaching and learning more towards learner-managed learning.
