Distance Education : International Perspectives.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Section 1: The Concept of Distance Education -- Introduction -- On Defining Distance Education -- A Theory for Distance Education -- Distance Teaching: A Contradiction in Terms? -- Section 2: Theories of Distance Education -- Introduction -- On a Theory of Independent Study -- Distance Teaching and Industrial Production: A Comparative Inter-Pretation in Outline -- Guided Didactic Conversation in Distance Education -- Section 3: Distance Education and Society: A Rationale -- Introduction -- Back Door Learning in the Learning Society -- Adverse Factors in the Development of an Open University in Latin America -- What Advantages Can Conventional Education Derive from Correspondence Education? -- Section 4: Students and their Progress -- Introduction -- Student Demand and Progress at the Open University - the First Eight Years -- External Studies at New England - A Silver Jubilee Review, 1955-1979 -- Research and Development Activities in the Field of Distance Study at NKI-Skolen, Norway -- Section 5: Choice of Medium: The New Communications Technology -- Introduction -- Trends in the Use of Audio-Visual Media in Distance Education Systems -- Education by Satellite: Australian Possibilities -- On Choosing Teaching Methods to Match Educational Aims -- Section 6: Course Development -- Introduction -- A List of Ideas for the Construction of Distance Education Courses -- The Student's Freedom of Choice within the Didactical Structure of a Correspondence Course -- Tell Me How to Write -- Section 7: Student Support Services -- Introduction -- Teaching for the Open University -- Interaction and Independence: Getting the Mixture Right -- The Consultation in the Process of Distance Education -- Section 8: Economics.

Introduction -- The Economics of the Open University Revisited -- The Economics and Management of Small Post-Secondary Distance Education Systems -- Economics and Cost Structures -- Index.

Originally published in 1988, this book chronicles the great change in distance education. It presents the best writings on the subject published during the previous ten years. The articles selected for this volume provided a new scholarly basis for the theory and practice of distance education.

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