New Roles for Learners and Teachers - Berge

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Zane Berge
"With the emergence of technologies that make it easier for two-way communication, such as teleconferencing and web-based, computer-mediated communication, the image of the independent distant learner is changing. Historically, in higher education there has been a teacher-centered focus on transferring knowledge from expert to novice. Today, the goals of education, demographics of the population, and the lifestyles of students are converging to cause a focus on students being transformed into self-directed, life-long learners who construct meaning, both individually and socially. Taken together, these factors demand a cultural change within higher education that both necessary and painful to teachers and learners. "