No. 5,ISSN 1062-9416. Most articles about distance education are either program descriptions or reports of research on effectiveness, attitudes, learner characteristics, etc.
Occasional articles address theory- building or policy issues.
New technologies are leading us toward an old trap, but there may still be time to avoid it. Controlling costs is all the tougher because of the urgency of coping with those first two challenges. In order to meet that Triple Challenge, colleges and universities need better educational strategies, new ways of organizing teaching and learning. As you might imagine, computers, video and telecommunication are often essential to their plans in each of these areas. Most of us realize that it's not that simple.