Making virtual connections: graduate program delivery via the web

摘要

Traditional educational programs are time and place bound. In other words, students must adjust their lives to meet the requirements of attending class. Employment in the textile, apparel, and home furnishings industries and particularly in production-distribution systems (e.g., retail, wholesale, manufactring) requires continuous and varying time commitents (e.g., seasonal changes, travel, and extended hours of operation0 that impede an individual's ability to regularly attend a scheduled class in a specific location. Merchandisers now operate in "real time," completing business-related activities 24 hours a day year round.