Is it just me or is the idea that the University of Phoenix Online buying the naming rights to the Arizona Cardinals’ Stadium seem almost unreal. It wasn’t too long ago that a well placed administrator told me that eLearning was dead … this seems to indicate a different opinion. It appears as though we should look at this as a sign that the masses are embracing this mode of study. I know I can appreciate at least a hybrid approach to the standard notion of teaching and learning.

Back in the day (you know, 1999) everyone was talking about the potential of online education as a major cash cow for well connected schools. I’m not sure anyone thought it would be “Universities” outside the mainstream making a real go of it. The last time I checked, it costs a ton of money to name a stadium at any level. All I am saying is that someone might be doing the eLearning thing really well — read that as making money. It makes me wonder when buildings on my campus will get a name from a competitor who happens to have big pockets? Jeez … how will it sound if a building here is named the “University of Texas Information Sciences and Technology Building?” Strange days indeed …