Logging On: Using Online Learning to Support the Academic Nomad

The Internet is cited for bringing about the most rapid and significant social
change within societies worldwide. Higher education does not lie at the
fringe of this discussion, but is rather at the center of it. Online learning is
no longer considered a mere supplement to education but digital tools now
routinely embed themselves in higher education spaces. The evolving
modalities of online learning are expanding the terrain of academic
possibilities farther than previously imagined and new educational
technologies are introduced daily. Against a backdrop of the potential for
online learning in higher education, this article will paint a portrait of the
ways one graduate program at a United States institution of higher
education is addressing demands of academic nomads.