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Australia’s settlement history has been shaped by geography-by, as one historian described it, ‘the tyranny of distance’. Its people have, in consequence, been quick to take up technologies of communication which promise ‘the end of distance’: thus, Australians have made unique contributions in distance education and student-centred learning.
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© 2000 Betriebswirtschaftlicher Verlag Dr. Th. Gabler GmbH, Wiesbaden, und Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag GmbH, Wiesbaden
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Walter, J. (2000). The end of geography? An Australian experience of new media and ‘borderless education’. In: Anker, G., Hugl, U., Laske, S. (eds) Universitäts-entwicklung und neue Medien. Multimedia und Telekooperation. Deutscher Universitätsverlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-81386-2_8
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