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Sharples, Mike – Teaching at a Distance, 1982
Care must be taken to select technology appropriate to the teaching task in distance education. Five principles of media selection are: increasing student-system interaction, matching the medium with the materials, reducing duplication, choosing the most direct channel, and developing user-friendly systems. Interactiveness and efficiency of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Efficiency, External Degree Programs
Vincent, Tom – Teaching at a Distance, 1983
An Open University program to develop software for a microcomputer/speech synthesizer is described that could provide broad access to university programming, computer-assisted instruction, and data processing. The state of the art of speech synthesis and the problems encountered in program construction and trial are outlined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, Blindness, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
Download full textHawkridge, David G. – 1973
The British Open University is described in the first section of this paper as a multi-media system for teaching at a distance. Details are provided on the texts and other materials mailed to the students, the radio and television broadcasts provided by the British Broadcasting Company, and on the auxiliary sources of assistance offered to the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Correspondence Study, Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations
Feasley, Charles E. – 1983
The international literature on learning at a distance is reviewed with attention to student participation, faculty issues, the technology of delivery, necessary support systems, and the organization and process of distance education. Distance education is used in many content areas in economically diverse countries. Individuals who must learn at…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Audiovisual Communications, College Faculty, College Students
Daniel, John S – 1996
This book explores the essentials of distance education and reviews issues facing large open universities (mega-universities) worldwide. It uses examples from industry and the knowledge media, to show how technology-based learning can be made attractive both to students and to institutions. The book's eight chapters, including 10 figures and 5…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Brown, Stephen C., Ed. – 1997
This book contains 14 case studies, written by those involved in the teaching and training initiatives, that illustrate the use of open and distance learning strategies. The case studies, drawn from many parts of the world (but mostly British based), feature efforts in large and small companies in a variety of industries. The first part of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
