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Is Distance Education by Radio Outdated? A Consideration of the Outcome of an Experiment in Continuing Medical Education with Rural Health Care Workers in Jamaica.
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Halliwell, J. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1987
This discussion of the merits of radio as a medium for distance education focuses on the 1982 Radio Education Research Project in Jamaica, which was developed to provide continuing education for rural primary health care workers. The potential future role of radio with education in developing countries is evaluated. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Continuing Education, Costs, Developing Nations
The Knowledge Web: Learning and Collaborating on the Net. Open and Distance Learning Series.
Eisenstadt, Marc, Ed.; Vincent, Tom, Ed. – 1998
This book contains a collection of examples of new and effective uses of the World Wide Web in education from the Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) at the Open University (Great Britain). The publication is organized in three main sections--"Learning Media,""Collaboration and Presence," and "Knowledge Systems on the…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning