http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/05/into-utopia-low-cost-business-centers-part-2 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:57:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/05/into-utopia-low-cost-business-centers-part-2#comment-402 Susan Smith Nash Thu, 22 May 2003 20:10:00 +0000 http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/05/into-utopia-low-cost-business-centers-part-2#comment-402 one factor that I would suggest is the need to commit TOTALLY to the digital aspect of the adventure - I currently work for an organization that has not committed to using email and discussion boards and other forms of web-based communication: which means that it is failing both at its web-based efforts and its non-web-based efforts. both are half-hearted, and neither are good enough. I'm also starting to think that much the same happens with classes: just from my experience, fully online or fully in the classroom seems more successful than "blended" anything since it requires people to make a real commitment to what they are doing, and to strive with clarity, instead of going back-and-forth between what are, in many ways, fundamentally different ways of doing business. one factor that I would suggest is the need to commit TOTALLY to the digital aspect of the adventure - I currently work for an organization that has not committed to using email and discussion boards and other forms of web-based communication: which means that it is failing both at its web-based efforts and its non-web-based efforts. both are half-hearted, and neither are good enough. I’m also starting to think that much the same happens with classes: just from my experience, fully online or fully in the classroom seems more successful than “blended” anything since it requires people to make a real commitment to what they are doing, and to strive with clarity, instead of going back-and-forth between what are, in many ways, fundamentally different ways of doing business.

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