Telecommunication technology has increased greatly in the past ten years causing a tremendous impact on higher education. “Personal computers and internet connections give residence easy access to literally thousands of distance learning opportunities.” (Illinois Board of Education, 2001). It has caused change in both the learning needs and the way learning opportunities are delivered. Telecommunication technology transforms our needs for education and training. It also expands our capacity to respond to those needs. This technological advance has made distance learning possible. Enabling it to become one of the mainstream methods of instruction for educational