June 1, 2006

Does greater bandwidth necessarily benefit online learning? In tech-driven environments, that’s almost a given. Yet there have been few studies that actually looked at the role that different bandwidth connections play in student performance in online courses. Philip Turner, Vice Provost for Learning Enhancement at the University of North Texas (the institution with the largest online program in Texas), decided to take a systematic look at assumptions about bandwidth, and found out that the truth is a little more complicated

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