Nebraska Researchers Measure the Extent of 'Link Rot' in Distance Education

Nebraska Researchers Measure the Extent of 'Link Rot' in Distance Education

Anyone who has surfed the Web knows the frustration caused by hyperlinks to Web pages that have moved or ceased to exist. For apparently the first time, two researchers at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln have measured the impact of this "link rot" on online education -- and it's not pretty.