This collection of 219 ERIC "ED" (non-journal) abstracts was compiled through systematic, free-text computer searches of "all related" ERIC documents, which were conducted for the preparation of a 1983 research report entitled "Serving Learners at a Distance." The ERIC identifiers "distance education" (now a descriptor) and "distance teaching" were used, as well as such descriptors as "correspondence study" and "open universities." Citations are listed in approximate numerical order and extend from ED 003 638 through ED 230 359. The records describe reports on programs at distance teaching institutions, on distance education in general, and such specific topics as the implications of open learning for independent study, evaluation of distance education, using teleconferencing in postsecondary organizations, using mass media for learning, and counseling the distance learner. (Author/LMM)