What is the significance of online learning?

"the education system has not changed in hundreds of years," pioneers who otherwise have insightful ideas to improve education, I am convinced that what we need-what higher education leaders, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and grant-making agencies need, are reminders-tattoos of sorts-that the use of technology in education has a long and rich history. And that long and rich history can inform the design of contemporary digital learning environments. As Neil Selwyn argues in Schools and Schooling in the Digital Age our "curious amnesia, forgetfulness or even willful ignorance of past phases of technology development and implementation in schools" is to our detriment.