Distance education: challenges and changes
'Dual mode' universities offer regular educational programs on campus and some proportion of their available courses through distance format. The demands of new technology, changing markets for higher education, and dynamic political and economic conditions, have generated changes in distance education as in conventional education. This article examines the challenges confronting dual mode universities as distance education rapidly expands in most major universities. These challenges include: the ability to support a centralised distance education department with responsibility for course deve... Show more
Authors: Bates, Tony
Published: Mt Waverley, Victoria, Paul Fenton, 2001
Resource type: Article
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