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Distance education, for long the Cinderella of the educational
spectrum, had emerged in the 1970s and early 1980s as a valued
component of many national educational systems in both developed
and developing countries. The foundation of the Open Universities,
developments in communications technology and in audio-, video- and
computer-based learning, a new sophistication in the design of
print-based materials and better support systems for the student
learning at a distance had all contributed to the availability and
quality of distance education programmes. Originally published in
1988, this book chronicles this 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. The editors have brought together contributions from
many countries and present authoritative introductions to each of
the nine sections. This book provided those in both developed and
developing countries with a guideline to one of the most rapidly
expanding areas of education at the time.
Distance education is practised in all parts of the world and in recent years, its scope has developed enormously and rapidly. It has become an intrinsic part of many national educational systems and an academic discipline in its own right. Research into the area has produced a body of theory which is now being used to improve its practice.
This new edition of Theory and Practice of Distance Education has been thoroughly updated both by describing how practice has changed, and by examining recent research in the field. Like the first edition, this book provides a comprehensive survey of distance education, looking at it globally and discussing the different lines of thought and models used. It describes the place of distance education in educational thinking, its various theories, principles, and techniques of presentation, its organization and its administration.
Distance education, for long the Cinderella of the educational
spectrum, had emerged in the 1970s and early 1980s as a valued
component of many national educational systems in both developed
and developing countries. The foundation of the Open Universities,
developments in communications technology and in audio-, video- and
computer-based learning, a new sophistication in the design of
print-based materials and better support systems for the student
learning at a distance had all contributed to the availability and
quality of distance education programmes. Originally published in
1988, this book chronicles this 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. The editors have brought together contributions from
many countries and present authoritative introductions to each of
the nine sections. This book provided those in both developed and
developing countries with a guideline to one of the most rapidly
expanding areas of education at the time.
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