I really believe that education via distance learning is the killer application for the millennium. Access to knowledge is access to power. Through distance education and its applications, newly accessed knowledge becomes the great equalizer not only in the United States, but also on a global scale. Lifelong learning is what education is all about. Distance learning is one means by which learners of all ages are able to access programs for credit, certificates, degrees, or strictly for knowledge enhancement.
Distance learning has that potential.
It is the most significant impact on education as we begin 2000. As the printing press and Industrial Revolution were to our ancestors, distance learning and technology are to our generation. Distance learning continues to evolve at an exponential rate. The trend for '99 will show even more significant growth for the college programs and K-12. Online networks are probably in the most explosive growth stage right now.