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Download full textBates, A. W. – 1988
This paper begins with a short description of the British Open University which covers the programs of study (undergraduate, continuing education, and higher degrees); mediums of teaching (correspondence texts, broadcast television, audiocassettes, radio, face-to-face or telephone tutorials, audioconferencing, summer schools, home experiment kits,…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Media, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries
Bates, A. W.; Prescott, William – 1988
This paper begins with background on the objectives, courses, and students of the British Open University. The aims and structure of a proposed modern language program are then outlined, and plans for using print, television/video, radio/audiocassette, and software learning materials are briefly described. A summary of some experiences of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Distance Education, Educational Media, Evaluation Criteria
Bates, A. W. – 1975
A course in instrumentation offered through the British Open University included a television program which introduced and illustrated Fourier analysis and transducer response. The television component was evaluated using questionnaires, telephone interviews, and group discussions. The program was successful in that it demonstrated complicated…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Educational Media, Educational Television, Electronic Control
PDF pending restorationBates, A. W. – 1986
Focusing primarily on educational television, the use of various media in open universities and distance education settings is examined in order to determine whether particular conditions must be met for the successful use of the particular medium or media in collaborative projects. It is noted that there is no logical, step-by-step procedure for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Costs, Distance Education, Educational Media
Bates, A. W. – 1985
The presentational power of television gives it unique teaching characteristics and it is a source of a wide variety of learning material that would be unavailable to learners in any other way. For instance, it can be used to: (1) demonstrate experiments or experimental situations; (2) explain principles involving movement over space and/or time;…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Cable Television, Cognitive Processes, Communications Satellites
Bates, A. W.; Pugh, A. K. – 1975
The Open University of Great Britain is an open-enrollment, home-based institution in which the majority of the instruction is conducted via broadcasts and correspondence. The student is required to interact with printed materials, broadcasts, tutors, counselors, assignments, cassette recordings, experiment kits, etc. The choice of media is…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, Course Objectives, Curriculum Design
