Distance learning has become a significant method of conducting higher education in recent years, facilitated by enhanced information and visual technologies. Such initiatives as massive open online courses (MOOCs) are now commonplace. Mitchell Stevens, who has studied the Stanford experience, and Diana Wu, a thought leader and implementer of several key programs at UC Berkeley, explore the strengths and weaknesses of this approach and consider how the past might inform the present and the future. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Show ID: 32161]