What e-learning looks like depends on the choice of teaching strategies and learning technologies.

A common way of implementing e-learning uses a web-based system: learners can access learning materials and activities using a standard web browser. And although e-learning can replace face to face learning, it is more commonly used to enhance it.

Here, Nina logs in using her home dial-up connection to download a document she is working on with one of her fellow students. Earlier, she checked out some links to useful web sites posted by her tutor. There is also an online discussion activity that she needs to take part in - she plans to read a few of the ideas contributed by other students and reply by giving some examples from her own experience.

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