Learning at the Speed of Light is a collection of stories, articles, and interviews by and with pioneers and visionaries across the United States who shared a belief in greater access to higher education.

This belief that education was a right, not a privilege, put them on a path to create what is known as online learning. This book brings together the early ideas that guided their thinking, and shows how funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Asynchronous Learning Networks initiative (guided by Dr. Frank Mayadas) spurred experimentation and created a new community of innovators, the Sloan Consortium (now the Online Learning Consortium). It also describes the development of early influential technology, and shares a behind-the-scenes look at the uncommon persistence of those who imagined and built the systems that continue to bring us closer to fulfilling the democratic mission of education for all.

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Cover
Copyright Page
Dedication
Title Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
An Introduction: In the Beginning
The Penn State World Campus: A Profile in Institutional Innovation
UMUC’s Virtual University: Expanding Access for Non-traditional Students
An Interview with Chuck Hill
Quality Matters: Its Role in the Quest for a ‘Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval’ for Online Education
An Interview with Gerald Heeger
TV to Video to the Internet: How Technology Changed Access and Learning
An Interview with Chris Dede
Emerging Technologies and the History of Distance Learning
The State University of New York, Empire State College, and the Transformation of Distance and Online Learning
It Takes a System: The History of Online Learning in the State University of New York
The Creation of Sloan-C: History, Mission, and Evolution
An Interview with Darcy Hardy
Before the Fall: Breaking Rules and Changing Minds
Online and Open Education: Parallels and Perspectives
Building an Industry with an Industry: Perspectives from an Online Learning Innovator
Learning from Screens: Two Decades of Online Education
The Annual Report on Online Learning
The Online Learning Consortium: An Evolution for Sloan-C
S.A.R.A.
Appendix B
Appendix A
About the Contributors
Index

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