Distance Teaching For Higher and Adult Education
1st Edition
Published on 18. December 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
344 pages
978-1-138-36508-7 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published in 1981 this volume provides a detailed analysis of the factors - strategic, pedagogic, operational, organisational and financial -which should be taken into account in the planning and running of large-scale, centralised distance education systems at the higher education level. The book uses evidence drawn from Open University type institutions in Canada, Costa Rica, Germany, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Venezuela and the UK.
Reviews / Votes
'A major contribution to the literature on distance education.' Distance Education'A siginificant contribution to an understanding of the delivery of instructional services to adults in dispersed locations.' Educational Communication and Technology
'An academic or administrator contemplating a move into...distance teaching should first read this book.' Higher Education
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
526 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-36508-7 (9781138365087)
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Content
Part 1: Characteristics of Distance-learning Systems 1. Origins and Structures 2. Students and Courses 3. Media, Materials and Learning Methods Part 2: The Course subsystem 4. Activity Scheduling 5. Production and Distribution 6. Course Creation Part 3: The Student Subsystem 7. Systems for Student Administration 8. Support for Student Learning 9. Assessment in the Distance-Education Situation Part 4: Organisation, Administration, Planning and Finance 10. Organisation and Decision-making 11. Planning, Control and Evaluation 12. Economics and Cost-Structures 13. Budgetary and Resource Forecasting Part 5: Pointers to Further Reading 14. Some Concluding Comments 15. Institutional Profiles