ABSTRACT
Within the last few decades, pervasive technology and significant social and economic development have forever changed our society. Social and economic change has made it increasingly difficult for education to operate in insular ways; attention to changing demographics, global economies and new social mores is required (Keller, 2008). The potential reach of technology seems limitless, and has already changed distance and higher education institutions in “the way we organize ourselves, our policies, our culture, what faculty do, the way we work, and those we serve” (Ikenberry, 2001: Foreword). Change in higher education to accommodate broader societal changes requires new ways of thinking about economic issues, accountability, technology and the teaching-learning process.
