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Professor David Noble's series of three papers, which appeared in 1997-98 under the uniform title, Digital Diploma Mills, has provoked widespread debate and controversy. Noble contends that technology in general, and Internet/Web-based technologies in particular, are instruments of social control that neither faculty nor students want. Noble is leading the battle to wrestle technology from the grips of conniving university administrators and greedy corporate CEOs. Is Dr. Noble right? Partly. Whi...
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1. Distance Learning ---- --->DETAILS
   • "Digital Diploma Mills: A Dissenting Voice"
2. CPL: Distance Learning ---- --->DETAILS
   • "Digital Diploma Mills: A Dissenting Voice - Frank White"
3. Distance Learning Resources ---- --->DETAILS
   • "Digital Diploma Mills: A Dissenting Voice-- Frank White"
4. key trends ---- --->DETAILS
   • "Digital Diploma Mills: A Dissenting Voice"
5. CPL: Distance Learning ---- --->DETAILS
   • "Digital Diploma Mills: A Dissenting Voice - Frank White"

1. www-rohan.sdsu.edu ...feenberg/TELE3 ---- --->DETAILS
   • ""Distance learning: Promise or threat?""
2. The Work of Education in the Age of E-College ---- --->DETAILS
   • "First Monday"
     ~~~ (near) http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue3_1/noble/index.html

1. google search: DIGITAL DIPLOMA MILL "distance learning" --- --->DETAILS
   • "google::111"