Problems in Defining the Field of Distance Education.

Keegan, Desmond

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ERIC Number: EJ380427

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Publication Date: 1988

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Problems in Defining the Field of Distance Education.

Keegan, Desmond

American Journal of Distance Education, v2 n2 p4-11 1988

This discussion of definitions of distance education responds to previous articles attempting to define the field. Topics discussed include distance education versus conventional education; group-based distance education; differences between open learning and distance education; and criteria to define distance education. (13 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Criteria, Definitions, Distance Education, Group Instruction, Open Education, Open Universities, Postsecondary Education, Problems, Student Characteristics, Teleconferencing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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