Stephen Downes notes the question he raised in 1998: Is online education an extension of traditional course delivery? Or is it another mode of distance education? He suggested that both delivery systems require teams of specialists. … that the dispute regarding course teams resolves itself into an ownership issue. It has been cast in discussions on this list as an either-or dispute: either the instructor owns the course, or the institution does. Downes comments in response to an aricle by Diana G. Oblinger and Brian L. Hawkins: The Myth about Online Course Development, EDUCAUSE Review EDUCAUSE REVIEW.