Changes in Distance Learning Availability Technology is breaking down the barriers of time and space that used to keep people from accessing advanced education. While this mode of teaching and learning continues to operate on traditional campuses and elsewhere, technology is being used to enhance the experience.
Technology now makes possible other, nontraditional modes of teaching and learning.
At the U-M, we have classes that occur simultaneously in Michigan and Hong Kong. In addition, resources as well as people can be located anywhere. Books, antiquities, and works of art can be digitally transmitted around the world from anywhere at any time. Architects can compare the use of a building 40 years ago with its use today. E-mail and electronic conferencing accommodate time zone differences around the world.