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Millard, Jeremy – Teaching at a Distance, 1985
Several studies of distance education students' attitudes toward and need for local student-teacher contact time suggest that the provision of local tutorial time can be important for student success and should be planned by the tutors in consultation with their students. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Distance Education, Higher Education
Murgatroyd, Steve – Teaching at a Distance, 1980
From tape recordings of 30 tutorial sessions at the Open University it is concluded that the teacher's role is less than the ideal of facilitator of learning; there is great pressure from students for the teacher to instruct rather than discuss the course material. (MSE)
Descriptors: Extension Education, External Degree Programs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Phythian, Ted; Clements, Margaret – Teaching at a Distance, 1980
Detailed analysis of student attendance at British tutorial sessions indicate that mathematics tutorials are relatively well attended and attendance correlates well with course results. Regular attenders achieve higher marks than nonattenders. It is concluded that minimizing distances to be traveled to tutorials is important in program planning.…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, College Students, Difficulty Level, Extension Education
Thorpe, Mary – Teaching at a Distance, 1979
Tutors and tutor-counselors assist individual students in the Open University. The effects on student's tutors of providing resources to tutor-counselors to offer extra sessions for first-year students who appear to need additional help are reported. (JMF)
Descriptors: College Students, Counselor Attitudes, External Degree Programs, Higher Education
