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A Systems Approach to the Future of Distance Education in Colleges and Universities: Research, Development, and Implementation
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Saba, Farhad – Continuing Higher Education Review, 2012
In recent years, there has been a tremendous increase in the popularity of distance education among higher-education administrators. Students in growing numbers are also taking advantage of the flexibility and accessibility that distance education offers. This growth, however, has been a mixed blessing since it derives from using the Internet…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Information Technology, Individualized Instruction
An Introduction for Distance Educators [and] Five Essential Factors Every Administrator Needs To Know about Integrated Telecommunications Infrastructures.
Saba, Farhad; Mahon, J. Michael – Distance Education Report, 1999
Discusses telecommunications developments that are affecting distance educators. Topics include bandwidth; educational radio and television; instructional television-fixed services (ITFS); cable television; communication satellites; computers; digital telecommunications; the Internet; other protocols; future systems; telephone switches and…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Communications Satellites, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education
Illuminating Practice: Two Recent Outstanding Studies.
Saba, Farhad – Distance Education Report, 1998
Highlights two recent studies in the field of distance education. C.N. Gunawardena and F.J. Zittle found a high degree of variation between learner satisfaction and social presence in a computer-mediated communication environment. J. McDonald and C. Campbell-Gibson study demonstrated that groups meeting in a synchronous computer-mediated course…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education
Software Systems in Distance Teaching and Learning.
Saba, Farhad – Distance Education Report, 1999
Focuses on software for distance education. Discusses the cost of course development and highlights three classes of distance education tools: communication tools, course development tools, and digital imaging and video production software. Presents three scenarios that reflect the most likely approaches to course development and presentation.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software, Computer Software Development