Staff Training by Satellite: An Experiment in Student-Directed Learning.

Barker, Glenn; McCoy, Terry

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ERIC Number: EJ178805

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Publication Date: 1978

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Staff Training by Satellite: An Experiment in Student-Directed Learning

Barker, Glenn; McCoy, Terry

Canadian Training Methods, 10, 5, 10-4, Feb 78

The Canadian Public Service Commission conducted an experimental course using the communication technology satellite for the experimental group and a conventional classroom for the control group. Both groups of forty managers had the same subject matter and used the same student-directed learning methodology. The article contains observations on student-directed learning and its application to audiovisual teleconferencing. (MF)

Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Control Groups, Course Descriptions, Educational Methods, Experimental Groups, Experimental Programs, Foreign Countries, Management Development, Self Directed Groups, Telecommunications

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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