A2. MOTIVATION FOR THE GUIDELINES Since the last revision of the training guidelines, three major factors have spurred the need to reexamine and update the existing standards. These were the advent of the Internet, the changes in student computing literacy, and the technical performance based accreditation movement. This section reviews each of these motivating factors.
A.2.1 Web based learning :As stated earlier discussed previously, much of the work in developing MET occurred prior to 1995. During the writing of MET guidelines the utility of Web based learning was not yet foreseen, with limited references to technological oriented programming concepts, applications, and other relevant content. Although it was known, that the impact of these then novel concepts could be large, it was at that time unrealized. In the intervening years, the Web base learning has grown to become a major aspect of all MET environments worldwide.
