Barriers to distance education and training: Survey results. The Quarterly Review of Distance Education

A survey (n=2504) was conducted to help better understand and more systematically study the barriers to distance training and education. This study supplies evidence of not only what barriers there are in distance education, but the priority given to them by various stakeholders and at different stages of organizational maturity regarding distance education and training. Implications include: 1) recognition that it is common for the perceived barriers to be greater in the initial stages of organizational maturity in distance education and training, and 2) it should be expected that the ranking of which obstacles are most important to solve will change as distance training and education within the organization becomes mission-critical. BARRIERS TO DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING: SURVEY RESULTS Technology continues to be a catalyst for change in the lives of each person in developed countries. Technology permeates society. For instance, it has caused a significant change to our modes of transportation, how we communication with one another, what we eat, how we bank, where we vacation, what we read--essentially