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Peer reviewedShale, Doug G. – American Journal of Distance Education, 1987
Discusses the concept of pacing as it relates to distance education. Highlights include the relationship of pacing to academic standards, activity scheduling, student independence, student interaction, effective utilization of media, course materials, learning methods, student motivation, drop-out rate, and the cost effectiveness of pacing. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Cost Effectiveness, Distance Education, Dropout Rate
Download full textHolmberg, Borje – 1982
This two-volume report summarizes and comments on international research into distance education done after 1970 and on some older research deemed still to be important. In the first volume, the review of research and development work is organized into 15 topic areas: (1) general analyses of distance education, philosophy and theory; (2) studies…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Distance Education
Clark, Richard E. – 1987
In the first of four symposium papers, Clark reviews the research on learning from media and uses his argument that media comparison studies show no differences in learning attributable to any one medium over another to dispute recent research on computer-assisted instruction. He also takes the position that the media attribute argument (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Media
Cushall, Marcia B.; And Others – 1987
Three major themes distilled from a review and analysis of research on learning from interactive video are discussed in this paper: (1) interactive video as an instructional delivery system, including research on instructional effectiveness, cost effectiveness, and instructor/learner attitudes; (2) principles of learning applied to interactive…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Educational Policies and Management Unit. – 1988
This handbook offers a teach-yourself guide for teachers, administrators, and researchers on the management of educational media and materials. Management of instructional media is often complicated by overlapping functions and responsibilities of various government levels and administrative positions. The guide contains one learning module, which…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Computer Uses in Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Development
Peer reviewedRumble, Greville – Distance Education, 1987
This discussion of the cost-effectiveness and cost-efficiency of media-based distance education focuses on a comparison of British Open University and conventional university costs. Expenses of instructional materials and their preparation are discussed in relation to student enrollment, and future possibilities for home-based systems are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Developed Nations
