There is a quiet conspiracy to incorporate the power of the Internet, the immediate access to information throughout the world, to provide information to students in both traditional and non-traditional educational settings. The driving forces behind this movement include both the promise of increased efficiency in the delivery of instruction, and the promise of improved quality of learning. Many universities are constructing technology classrooms to bring this power to the traditional classroom. In addition, distance education organizations are rapidly incorporating the potential of the World Wide Web into their planning for reaching non-traditional student groups. Although statistics is only one small component of this revolution, our discipline has unique needs and opportunities, which we explore in this paper and session.
Teaching is an activity which is best assessed by how learning is accomplished.
This will continue to hold as innovation driven by the possibilities of the technology transforms how we attempt to accomplish our goals.