Creating teachers online [sbpost.ie]
- Published: 11 April 2010
Seán Rowland has the dubious distinction of having sparked angry reaction when he launched his business, Hibernia College, almost ten years ago.
At the time, Rowland’s online college was a revolutionary idea - and it drew anger and derogatory comments from many quarters. Most of the attention focused on Hibernia’s online teacher-training programme, which attracted opposition and ‘‘utmost concern’’ from the established training colleges in Ireland.
But the Mayo-born teacher and businessman doesn’t hold any grudges about the protest. ‘‘It was change. People fear change, and it was a new medium," he said.
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