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Zvacek, Susan M. – 1990
A research project was conducted to develop a narrative description of the strengths and weaknesses of the distance education component of the Zimbabwean teacher education program. The Triad Perspective Model of Distance Education (TPMDE), which resulted from the study's emergent design, combines three theoretical perspectives on education:…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
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Miller, Carol – Open Learning, 1998
Reviews systems approaches as a way of analyzing a distance-education professional-development program and, in particular, issues of management. The strength of the systems approach lies, among other things, in the ways it relates distance-based professional development to environments both internal and external to the institution. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Distance Education, Educational Administration
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Hirumi, Atsusi – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2000
Describes efforts by a team of faculty, staff, students, and administrators at a small southwestern university to "Web-base" a graduate degree program. Identifies eight functional system components that must be addressed and aligned to promote distance learning. Discusses key issues and decisions made during development of the system in the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
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Kelly, Mavis E. – Journal of Distance Education, 1988
Discusses educational developers, their role in the preparation and delivery of distance education courses, and their interaction with teachers. Highlights include theories of educational development; a systems approach to educational technology; curriculum planning; setting educational objectives; designing instruction; and student assessment and…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Distance Education, Educational Objectives
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Dale, Ann; Newman, Lenore – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2005
Purpose: To distinguish sustainable development education from environmental education and stress the importance of problem-based interdisciplinary learning to sustainable development education. Design/methodology/approach: A range of published works relating to sustainable development education are critiqued, an introduction to complexity theory…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Sustainable Development, Problem Based Learning
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EPIEgram: The Newsletter of Systemic Change, 1992
The EPIEgram newsletter contains information about educational materials and technology and systemic change. In addition to continuing features, "Research & Reports,""Views and Reviews," and "The Educational Software Selector (TESS)," the five issues and two double issues contain articles on textbook adoption;…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Computer Software Evaluation, Copyrights, Curriculum Development
Melton, Reginald F. – 2002
This book presents a blueprint for using a quality assurance-based approach to planning and developing open and distance learning (ODL) courses in the United Kingdom. The following are among the specific topics discussed: (1) typical aims of ODL (opening access to education; responding to student needs; designing self-study materials; student…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
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Holmberg, Borje – 1990
This bibliography lists over 1,400 publications on distance education primarily from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The selection criterion is what the compiler, a scholar and a practitioner, found relevant. Books in English dominate; a considerable number of works in German are listed; and some in French, Spanish, and Scandinavian languages are…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Education, Case Studies, Cognitive Style
Martin, G. Eugene, Ed. – 2000
These 38 essays in 4 units are directed toward the future of technology education. Unit I: Evolving into the 21st Century has one essay, entitled "The Past Defines the Paths to be Taken" (Jerry Streichler). Essays 2-18, in Unit II: Exemplary Practices for the 21st Century, are "Developing a Curriculum Process" (Bryan Albrecht);…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Demography
Holmberg, Borje – 1995
This book provides a comprehensive survey of literature regarding the theory and practice of distance education (DE). Among the aspects of DE discussed are the following; overall picture of DE today (concept/evolution, DE and open learning, modes of teaching/learning); background (basic questions concerning education/teaching/learning and impact…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Education, Continuing Education, Correspondence Study
Houle, Cyril O. – 1996
This book, which is intended primarily for specialists in the field of adult education (AE) who wish to improve their performance, presents a systematic plan for designing, establishing, and evaluating successful programs for adult learners. The following topics are among those discussed in the book's six chapters: credos and systems (growth of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Andragogy, Behavioral Objectives
Wisconsin Univ. System, Madison. – 1999
This document contains 71 papers and 11 workshop presentations on distance teaching and learning from a conference on educational research. The following are among the papers included: "Bridging Distances and Differences" (Nancy Anderson); "The Role of Site Directors in Faculty and Student Success" (Edith M. Barnett, Jeanie P.…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Libraries, Academic Persistence, Adult Learning