Reports on an innovative approach to delivering a university graduate course on distance education using several media at Pennsylvania State University. Topics include course design; teamwork; video; printed study guide; computer conferencing; audio conferencing; and designing for interaction. (Author/LRW)

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)

Describes a study of a graduate level online course that investigated whether the systematic use of instructor-initiated audio emails, as a supplement to regular textual forms of communication, would increase students' participation in group discussion and result in more favorable student perceptions of student/faculty relationships and quality of…