Peder Saether Symposium (March 9-10, 2000)

President (Rector) Svein O. Haaland Abstract

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The Pedagogical Challenge: Research-Based Teaching as a Commodity in an On-line World
Rector Svein O. Haaland, Lillehammer College, Norway

The pedagogical challenge and all its implications are the most interesting issue to which technology based teaching will have relevance. We are in the process of entering an on line world for teaching and research, we have no choice, we must make the investment, whether we think we can afford it or not. It means competition and co-operation, in between universities and between university and industry. Life long learning is a necessity in our quickly changing society. On line teaching and flexible learning may benefit the process, but to do that we need change. We must meet the new students needs, develop their new curriculum, the "new" academics in the "new" universities have to do it.