The MTV generation gets plugged in

How e-learning is changing the face of higher education:
MBA students in Nick Bontis' Monday night strategic knowledge management course at McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business in Hamilton know their professor can put on quite the show.
A typical three-hour class may involve following along with downloaded version of the evening's PowerPoint presentation and watching a video clip of a CEO discussing the real-life resolution of a case study.
MBA students — some of whom also work full-time and can't always make it to class — can access online a real-time video feed of the lecture (thanks to a $120,000 donation from PricewaterhouseCoopers, used this year to create two new digital classrooms equipped with cameras for video conferencing) and ask questions via MSN Messenger.
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Source: Canadian Business Online