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Download full textUnited Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1989
The proceedings of the inaugural session of this UNESCO-sponsored seminar, which reviewed new developments in higher education in the Asia and Pacific region and formulated a proposal for the establishment of a regional resource center for distance education, are presented in four chapters. The first introduces the seminar's purpose, summarizes…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Open Universities
van Enckevort, Ger, Ed.; And Others – 1986
Distance higher education for adults, media selection, and country profiles are considered in conference papers. Titles and authors are as follows: "Distance Education, Trends Worldwide" (Lord Perry of Walton); "Adults in Higher Education: Lowering the Barriers by Teaching and Learning at a Distance" (Hans G. Schutze);…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction
Broadbent, R. F., Ed. – 1981
The 11 papers in this collection focus on isolation in education, with emphasis on problems associated with geographical remoteness, and with socio-cultural barriers also giving rise to isolation. Five papers concentrate on distance education and possible measures which can be used in social and educational processes to deal with isolation;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Demand, Equal Education, Ethnic Groups
Fuller, Robert G., Ed. – 1983
This nine-paper collection from a June 1983 Open University (OU) campus workshop in Milton Keynes, England, describes an interactive video project developed for an OU undergraduate course, T252, Introduction to Engineering Materials, and discusses varied aspects of interactive videodisc program development. The following papers are included:…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Design Requirements, Engineering Education, Flow Charts
ASPBAE Courier, 1985
This issue presents papers that were presented at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) seminar on university extension and community outreach. They give an overview of the philosophy and work of extension departments in some of the universities of Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore. "University Extension and Community Service in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Community Development, Continuing Education
German Foundation for International Development, Bonn (West Germany). – 1980
Seminar and conference reports and working papers on distance education of adults, which reflect the experiences of many countries, are presented. Contents include the draft report of the 1979 International Seminar on Distance Education held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which was jointly sponsored by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Case Studies, Developing Nations, Extension Education
Payne, Philip, Ed. – 1983
The 23 papers presented at this conference deal with the information needs of institutionally-based part-time students in United Kingdom universities, polytechnics, and further education colleges, and with library and information services for the adult learner. Keith Percy and John Simpson provide overviews on the number and types of part-time…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adult Education, Evening Students, Extension Education
Tait, Alan, Ed. – 1989
Twenty-five papers presented at the conference include papers on the role of the site coordinator in a distributed education network in Ontario; student support systems in the Open University of Israel; the dilemmas of designing a computer mediated communication support system; interactive libraries; tutoring in technical science in the Open…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Correspondence Study, Cost Effectiveness
Ramkhamhaeng Univ., Bangkok (Thailand). – 1984
Proceedings of an international conference on open education cover five themes: philosophy and concept, development trends in international perspective, dichotomy of equity and quality, graduates' employment, and the management challenge. Among the 41 conference papers and authors are: "The Idea of an Open University" (Preeda…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Graduates, Distance Education, Education Work Relationship
Tait, Alan, Ed. – 1987
The 16 conference papers in this collection describe various ways in which counselling is used in distance education in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Thailand, the United Kingdom, West Germany, and Zambia. Following an introduction by Alan Tait, the following papers are presented: (1) "Counselling in the Open University of the…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Counseling Services, Databases, Developed Nations
Alliance, an Association for Alternative Degree Programs. – 1989
This report of a conference on distance learning/adult education programs contains the following papers: "Adult Learners, Distance Education, and Technology: It's the Future, but Can We Get There from Here?" (Gulliver, Wright); "Minority Student Response to External Adult Degree Program Education" (Gillett, Sutphin); "Methods in Project…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Degree Requirements, Distance Education
Hiroshima Univ. (Japan). Research Inst. for Higher Education. – 1985
College curricula and instruction, differentiation, and innovation and change in American and Japanese higher education are discussed in 18 papers presented at the 1984 international seminars of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Higher education in three European countries is also addressed. Titles and authors…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Programs, College Role
Language Issues in Distance Education. Dunford Seminar Report (16th, England, United Kingdom, 1993).
British Council, London (England). – 1993
A collection of articles from a 1993 British seminar on language issues in distance education includes: "The End of Distance Education" (Iredale); "The Logistics of Distance Language Teaching" (Turner); "The Open University and Language Issues" (Floyd); "Language Issues in Distance Education at Tertiary…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Costs, Distance Education
Billing, David, Ed. – 1980
Thirty-two papers on performance indicators are presented based on the conference themes of performance of the higher education system at the national level, institutional evaluation, and assessment of staff and students. Papers and authors include the following: "Higher Education Systems at National Level" (A. Thompson); "The CNAA…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, College Role
