DEALING WITH THE CHANGING TECHNOLOGY OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

Dr T. Dececchi, Associate Dean, Division of Continuing Studies, Royal Military College of Canada; Dr Bernadette Dececchi, Staff Officer, Learning Projects Directorate of Learning and Innovation, Canadian Defence Academy, Canada

The purpose of this paper is to describe the problems encountered in changing from one generation of Information and Communications Technology to the next from the points of view of the administration, the professors and the students involved in the distance education programmes at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC). RMC is a small university that operates distance education programmes for students located across Canada and at various locations worldwide.