@article{Klass_2000, title={Plato as distance education pioneer: Status and quality threats of Internet education}, volume={5}, url={https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/775}, DOI={10.5210/fm.v5i7.775}, abstractNote={Distance learning technology has always posed risks for undermining both established faculty-status prerogatives and the quality of student learning. This paper examines these risks in the context of three historical instances in the development of "distance" education technology: the use of the written word to deliver course materials, the creation of the mass lecture hall, and the recent development of pre-packaged general education Web courses. These "Web courselets" represent the most serious threats to the undergraduate learning experience and may undue many of the recent efforts to reform undergraduate education.}, number={7}, journal={First Monday}, author={Klass, Gary}, year={2000}, month={Jul.} }