"Virtual-Classes Trend Alarms Professors." That was the headline on a 1998 New York Times story about an open letter to then-Gov. Gary Locke from University of Washington professors “worried about the enthusiasm he and one of his advisers are showing for instruction via CD-ROM's and the Internet.” More than 20 years later, with the pandemic making distance education an unavoidable reality, we revisit the topic with Locke and one of those professors on this special episode.

<p><strong>"Virtual-Classes Trend Alarms Professors." </strong>That was the headline on a 1998 New York Times story about an open letter to then-Gov. Gary Locke from University of Washington professors &ldquo;worried about the enthusiasm he and one of his advisers are showing for instruction via CD-ROM's and the Internet.&rdquo; More than 20 years later, with the pandemic making distance education an unavoidable reality, we revisit the topic with Locke and one of those professors on this special episode.</p>

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