Talk for the international Gasta event on education.

1. Why online learning can be
better than face-to-face
Professor Frank Rennie
University of the
Highlands and Islands
Lews Castle College

2. Flexibility of time

3. Library on demand

4. Access to multi-mode resources

5. Tutorial by schedule

6. Avoid travel costs and inconvenience

7. Fluid geographical restrictions

8. Records of all discussions

9. Different cost structure

10. Enables contingency planning

11. Facilitates heutagogy (self-determined learning)

12. Twitter @frankrennie