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Table 1

Comparisons of Teaching and Learning Paradigms

Teaching Paradigm	Learning Paradigm
Faculty focus	Student focus
Faculty as teacher	Faculty as synthesizer, navigator, and coordinator of learning
Talking head/sage on stage	Multiple instructional delivery systems
Faculty as conveyor of information	Information from many sources (e.g., Internet, electronic libraries and databases)
Input orientation (e.g., resources, and institutional effectiveness and efficiency)	Output orientation (e.g., learning library, classrooms, and faculty)
Classroom/site-based	Not limited to classroom/site-based
Group/class delivery	Individualized delivery and collaborative learning with group communications
Massive infrastructure	Distributed infrastructure
Campusor school-based learning	Ready learning (e.g., anytime, anywhere)
Rigidity	Flexibility
Mostly a continuation of the past	Innovation/creativity, uncharted areas
Transactional approaches/fixes	Transformational approaches and processes

Teaching Paradigm	Learning Paradigm
Faculty focus	Student focus
Faculty as teacher	Faculty as synthesizer, navigator, and coordinator of learning
Talking head/sage on stage	Multiple instructional delivery systems
Faculty as conveyor of information	Information from many sources (e.g., Internet, electronic libraries and databases)
Input orientation (e.g., resources, and institutional effectiveness and efficiency)	Output orientation (e.g., learning library, classrooms, and faculty)
Classroom/site-based	Not limited to classroom/site-based
Group/class delivery	Individualized delivery and collaborative learning with group communications
Massive infrastructure	Distributed infrastructure
Campusor school-based learning	Ready learning (e.g., anytime, anywhere)
Rigidity	Flexibility
Mostly a continuation of the past	Innovation/creativity, uncharted areas
Transactional approaches/fixes	Transformational approaches and processes