Great Britain's Transport and General Workers Union, in conjunction with Surrey University, offers its members distance learning in the form of tutorials with monthly course meetings. The program enables members to consider the wider economic and political issues facing unions and to develop independent learning skills. (SK)

Tutorials are an excellent method for teaching geography to college students. How to improve tutorials is discussed. (RM)

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation in the United States is not equivalent to a national curriculum; however, it does set forth some conditions essential for enhancing student achievement at scale (e.g., curriculum standards, assessment standards, and expectations of compliance). The missing component within these conditions is support for…

An advanced course in teaching the gifted, offered by the University of Ottawa, provides teachers with a practicum to experience co-learning strategies with gifted students and enriched learning opportunities for gifted students in a tutorial setting. (CB)

Discusses tutorials and their origins, comparing them to lectures and seminars. Expounds on the objectives of tutorials and the advantages for both students and tutors alike. Maintains that tutorials are student centered and thus lead to a higher quality learning environment. (RW)

We introduced a debate-style tutorial exercise into the third-year tutorial classes with the purpose of developing the students' logic, broadening their vision and encouraging them to express their opinions in public, before an audience. The issues for debate included medical (dental) and non-medical topics. Two separate debate exercises were…

The "ILIAS" learning management system (LMS) was evaluated, following its favourable rating in an independent evaluation study of open source software (OSS) products. The current review found "ILIAS" to have numerous features of value to distance education (DE) students and teachers, as well as problems for consideration in the…

For online mathematics instructors, synchronous communication can be a challenge due to the need for specialized symbols, graphics, or notations to explain key concepts. While software tools exist to support such communication, they can often be cumbersome and time-consuming for users to adopt in online exchanges. As one way of addressing this…

The Teletutorial Project developed by the Council of Adult Education Victoria, Australia, provides educational opportunities for isolated groups through a telephone linkup system, with tutors and their groups communicating over large distances. The program and teaching methods are described, with personalization and mutual exchange emphasized. (LH)

This article describes the implementation of the ENABLE-Plus program, a small group literacy intervention, at two primary schools in England. It covers the program's rationale, core strategies, content (group and individual teaching), tutor training, and reading materials. Evaluation found that 29 of 43 students made accelerated progress in…

This paper addresses the practice and experience of Universitas Terbuka (UT) in the provision of learning support services for students in a large-scale distance education system. The UT, which has a network of 37 regional offices and participating institutions, has challenges to provide and manage effective learning support system for more than…

These papers on adult education in Australia are grouped into four parts: (1) articles concerning some directors of university extension and adult education; (2) a paper entitled "Who Killed the WEA (Workers Educational Association)--A Footnote to History"; (3) two papers called respectively "Sir Keith Hancock--A Tribute from a…

The University of Adelaide investigated the quality of student's written expression in all departments. As a result, four pilot studies were initiated: tutor process; specific tutoring process; booklet process; and non-native speakers' tutoring. (LBH)