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Coldeway, Dan O.; Spencer, Robert E. – Distance Education, 1982
Reviews research results and arguments supporting Keller's Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) as a paradigm for distance learning, describes a project at Athabasca University which compared various PSI configurations for distance learning, and discusses the advantages, disadvantages, and flexibility of PSI for such use. Nineteen references…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Independent Study, Individualized Instruction
Daniel, John S.; Marquis, Clement – Teaching at a Distance, 1979
The choices involved in setting up an open learning system are discussed, and the case for the mixture of interaction and independence is established. Problems involved in effecting the synthesis between activities in which the student works alone and those which bring him into contact with others are detailed. (AF)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Counseling, Educational Media