eLearning reconsidered. Have e-learning and virtual universities met the expectations?

Looking back, the integration of the WWW in the Internet has been a success within almost every area of society: news distribution, public information, self-service, public relations, advertising, etc. Similar high expectations were also related to the introduction of e-learning in the educational area. But, so far, the success seems only to be related to informal learning through just-in-time and just-in-place short courses available on the Internet. More...