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An analysis will be presented about why, at the institutional level and in particular at the university level, online learning is being introduced. This will be done in the context of a general design approach to steer innovation in education. Costs and financial-benefit issues will be explored, including costing models, measurement of productivity increases and return-oninvestment. Although the article focuses on the university context, it can be predicted that similar issues will soon confront secondary schools.
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Moonen, J. (2001). Institutional perspectives for online learning: Policy and return-on-investment. In: Taylor, H., Hogenbirk, P. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies in Education. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 58. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35403-3_16
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