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Riley, Judith – 1984
A review of current guides for and advice on preparing distance education materials suggests that such aids are inadequate to help solve the problems faced by course developers because of several underlying assumptions: (1) there is no need for advice on the preparation process--establishing an ideal of the desired product is enough; (2) good…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Case Studies, Correspondence Study, Courses
Tomlinson, Derrick; And Others – 1985
This report of a study of 36 Australian families involved in distance education suggest ways to improve learning materials and cautions that more needs to be known about how children learn in isolation before new communication technologies can be used effectively. Researchers interviewed parents, pupils, and home tutors--mothers or governesses,…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Communications, Childhood Needs, Communications Satellites, Correspondence Study
