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The current educational revolution, or cyber-revolution, is best understood in the context of previous educational revolutions and related historical transitions. The purpose of this article is to provide a historical and theoretical context for examining the impact of cyber-learning on students and higher education higher education

Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art.
..... Click the link for more information. institutions. The historical context provided includes an examination of previous educational revolutions and a brief history of distance education, specifically. Also included is a discussion of the role of virtual learning in the current educational transition into the Knowledge Age. The article concludes with a discussion of the possible impacts of the cyber-revolution on students and implications for future research.
Introduction
Education is in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; pool supplies "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?"
midmost of a dramatic revolution, challenging many of the assumptions long held about learning and teaching. Various sources have predicted dramatic changes in the delivery of higher education services because of the impact of computer mediated me·di·ate
v. me·di·at·ed, me·di·at·ing, pool liners me·di·ates
1. To resolve or settle (differences) by working with all the conflicting parties: forms of distance education (Agre, 1999; Marchese mar·che·se
n. pl. mar·che·si
1. An Italian nobleman ranking above a count and below a prince.
2. Used as the title for such a nobleman. , 1998), a shift in educational focus from classroom-centered to learner-centered (DuBois, 1998; and Peinovich, 1997), movement into the Knowledge Age (Duderstadt, 1997; Norris, 1998), water slides and the increased emphasis on collaborative forms of learning (Wegerif, 1998; Norris, 1998). Predictions vary from a growth in the nontraditional student population taking courses at a distance in some form (Cantelon, 1995; Norris, 1998) to predictions that higher education as we currently know it will be increasingly replaced by virtual colleges and computer mediated training provided by joint ventures with industry (Duderstadt, 1997; Marchese, 1998).