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Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Dept of Continuing and Vocational Education. – 1985
This report provides a brief description of a 1985 conference on distance education together with the papers presented by six of the seven keynote speakers. It is noted that, in addition to these papers, the conference included 30 application sessions which allowed the 182 participants to select issues and topics to explore in small groups. The…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Distance Education, Educational Research
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Dept of Continuing and Vocational Education. – 1986
This report provides a brief description of a 1986 conference on distance education together with four of the papers presented by the five keynote speakers; an outline of the fifth paper is included. It is noted that, in addition to these papers, the conference included 26 application sessions which allowed the 183 participants to select issues…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Distance Education, Educational Research, Evaluation Criteria
Holmberg, Borje – 1995
Perhaps the most distinctive feature of distance education (DE) is that it is characterized by noncontiguous communication between the supporting organization and its students. A theory of DE must include phenomena and concerns that are internal to its practice and can also embrace external conditions influencing or being influenced by DE. In view…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Delivery Systems, Distance Education
Clark, W. Bruce – 1992
This paper addresses the role of distance education as a means for increasing curricular offerings of small and rural secondary schools. Treating distance education as a "technology" risks repeating the same cycle of false hopes and expectations that has historically accompanied the introduction of technology into education. Instead,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Consortia
Tangen, Fride – 2000
Adult learning in Norway was examined in a thematic review that focused on the following areas: the contexts of adult learning; the participants in, providers of, and returns from adult learning; issues and problems facing adult learning; and good practices. The following are among the main findings of the review: (1) adult learning has a long…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, At Risk Persons