In 1994, she became familiar with the Internet, and started looking at ways to use it as a means to communicate with, and teach her students. What she found was a new way of teaching. The new format required new techniques, and a new look at what teaching really was. Because of the on-line format new ways of communicating had to be explored, and the old lecture format had to be retooled. The new medium has several benefits.
Students are able to go out and use resources from around the county.
Mitchell Jarosz a professor at Delta, and a student of Burke's, said that with access to this larger world, students are able to see practical applications for the information learned in class. Students are also able to converse with a larger family of experts and professionals in their subject. With this new learning experience that goes beyond a classroom and into other parts of our world, Burke stated that some control of content is given up, because students are now drawing not just from her knowledge, but from a larger base. A difference in expression also was found. Burke said students who once sat back and stayed quiet in class, found a voice through the computer.