Right now I can send it to you free of charge. Just send me your address over email. Before we can begin to talk about real distance learning, we must have absolutely reliable electronic mail accessible at any hour, desktop communication facilities for office hours and collaborative projects, list server services, groupware for classroom use, access to digital libraries and WWW, multimedia authoring tools and technical assistance for their use. Advance network technology is beyond the understanding of all but a few working in those areas. Even then, experts differ as to the time frame for high-speed network technology to become a viable method to be used for distance learning.
Problems remain as to what is connected to what and how.
We need more information about the use of the new networks, that is, what kinds of multimedia information are they capable of sending and receiving. Administrative and organizational problems form some of the major barriers to the use of new technology. Incentives need to be provided for faculty to use distance learning. There is no way to offer an intercampus class within the University of California system. To offer an intercampus course each department must create a new course or the student must use an intercampus transfer to obtain credit for the class.