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Anytime, Anyplace Learning in an Online Graduate Professional Degree Program

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This paper describes experiences at Drexel University with use of an Asynchronous Learning Network to provide an online graduate degree for information systems professionals. Students in this program never gather for face-to-face classes but students and faculty engage in an active learning experience online. This paper provides an overview of the project's fundamental strategies, presents some evaluation data relevant to these strategies, and concludes with some observations based on the project experience.

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Hislop, G.W. Anytime, Anyplace Learning in an Online Graduate Professional Degree Program. Group Decision and Negotiation 8, 385–390 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008609425784

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