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Distance Education and Niche Markets in Conventional Education.
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Hayduk, Allan W. – Open Learning, 1994
Examines barriers to conventional education and explains how distance education can fill the niche markets created by these barriers. Curriculum barriers and economic barriers are discussed; core attributes of distance education are described; and planning for niche markets is addressed based on the core attributes. (Contains five references.)…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Distance Education, Educational Needs, Educational Planning
Integrating Open Learning with Face-to-Face Tuition: A Strategy for Competitive Advantage.
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Jennings, Peter L.; Ottewill, Roger – Open Learning, 1996
Examines the integration of face-to-face tuition with open learning methods based on experiences at the Sheffield Business School at Sheffield Hallam University (United Kingdom). Analyzes the ways in which such approaches provide competitive advantage in the higher education environment in the United Kingdom. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Conventional Instruction, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Audioteleconferencing: Myths and Realities.
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Thompson, Diane J. – Open Learning, 1996
Discussion of audioteleconferencing highlights the possibilities of telephone technology, student-teacher interaction, peer interaction, face-to-face interaction versus distance education, the role of tutors or faculty, and the need for more extensive training for students and tutors. (LRW)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Communications, Conventional Instruction, Distance Education, Higher Education
Student Support Systems in Distance Education.
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Sewart, David – Open Learning, 1993
Discusses student support systems in distance education based on experiences at the Open University (United Kingdom). Topics addressed include distance education versus traditional education; changes in the learning process; management theory; student support as a service industry; course production; resource allocation; and decision-making…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Conventional Instruction, Decision Making, Distance Education
Post-Fordism and Distance Education--A Flexible Strategy for Change.
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Raggatt, Peter – Open Learning, 1993
Discusses strategic choices facing the Open University (United Kingdom) and other distance education institutions with the availability of electronic data processing and an increasingly competitive environment in traditional higher education institutions. Topics addressed include distance education and industrial production; production in the Open…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Competition, Conventional Instruction, Cost Effectiveness