"The proper function of educational technology, in addition to providing the learner with tools and information, is to augment and facilitate their personal interactivity with other learners and those with various expertise in many fields. The illusion that classroom instruction generally provided good opportunities for person-to-person interactivity was revealed, and the potentials of educational technology to provide educational environments outside the classroom structure but which actually increased the person-to-person interactivity in the co-learning process was demonstrated."