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• Debate archive: Continuing introduction of new technologies and new media adds little to the quality of most education

Supporting evidence and reasoning

• Open university distance learning does not typically facilitate many important elements of instruction.
  • It does not allow for face-to-face interaction between a teacher and student where students can ask questions in real time.
  • It does not allow for dynamic student-student, group interactions in the class or elsewhere.
  • It generally fails to produce the social atmosphere that required in developing emotional and social intelligence, which is essential in the modern world.