A re-examination of the role of educational technology in the Open University in Great Britain. (HB)

Describes the West Germany "Fernuniversitaet," an innovative distance education university. Organization, governance, enrollment, course content, and research activities are discussed. (SK)

A discussion of the role of the consultant in the Open University in Great Britain. (HB)

It is often said that if educational technology is to be of real service it must be an integral part of the learning and research system which is a university, not merely an afterthought. In the case of the British Open University a successful attempt bas been made to design the institution using educational technology as a basic approach. It is…

This article discusses a recently developed educational alternative in the United States. This is the "university without walls," characterized by independent study combined with vocational training. (Text is in German.) (Author/AM)

A general examination of the assumptions of educational technology as a body of knowledge. (HB)

Research indicates that planners of a program modeled after England's Open University must attend to individual differences much greater than those encountered in typical on-campus settings. (Author/PG)

A discussion of the need to find an appropriate structure for decision making within the University, and the need for changes in the structure of higher and adult education generally. (Author)

A description of the Open University as a multimedia system for teaching at a distance with consideration of possibilities of transplanting both the concept and the actuality of the university as an institution to the Third World. (HB)

An analysis of the instructional systems approach used at nonresidential colleges in the United States and Great Britain. (HB)

The open university is taken to task for promulgating a passive curriculum and for obscuring the dynamic structuring of knowledge by teachers and learners that ought to be at the heart of university scholarship. The "package tour" approach to knowledge that characterizes introductory courses is blamed, in part. (MSE)

This document, reporting on a visit to the University Without Walls (UWW) of the Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities, opens with a definition of the Union. When the Union applied for Correspondent Status in the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, it was agreed that the decision should be based on the…