A quantum leap with online learning classrooms - Pallavi Priyadarshini, the Indian Express

Although distance learning courses have existed since Englishman Isaac Pitman began teaching his shorthand method by mail in the 1840s, the World Wide Web has enabled an explosion of educational options, tearing down classroom walls, making education and learning affordable and accessible to the global audience. Mohandas Pai believes that education is about to change dramatically. The chairman of Manipal Global Education and Karnataka ICT Group says, “The reason is the power of the web and its associated data-crunching technology.” http://newindianexpress.com/education/edex/A-quantum-leap-with-virtual-classrooms/2013/04/22/article1548847.ece