One who shares that feeling is Mona Abdel Fattah Younes, an Egyptian e-learning specialist working in Doha, the capital city of Qatar.
The Indian Institute of Technology has developed a methodology combining e-learning and direct contact session in remote centres across the country to train teachers.
The four 'em's of e-learning, e-government, e-commerce, e-medicine are old hat to so many in the West.
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Belief in e-learning, as it is often called, has so far weathered the downturn in the wider dotcom world.
Information and communication technologies (ICT) are making a large impact in the move towards e-learning in recent years.
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Prominent universities have therefore tended to band together for support in the early stages of exploring e-learning, and they have often launched their efforts under names other than their own, even though they have some of the strongest brands in education.
With e-learning sites offering students access to the best teachers without having to call in at their institutional home, there is a danger that the universities' academic superstars may choose to go solo.
At the Centres, youths can study e-learning modules including the Microsoft Digital Literary Curriculum , as well as take accredited courses in both business and entrepreneurial and technical skills.
Some firms have decided not to be the invisible force behind the e-learning efforts of established universities, but rather to become brands known in their own right as a place for students to find courses.
According to the E-Learning Foundation this translates to a total of 750, 000 school age children living in households with no internet, and some 650, 000 without a computer.
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