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Ely, Donald P. – 2003
This digest explores media options as they relate to instructional design for distance education, because the function and design of each medium needs to be understood, if it is to lead to learning. It also describes other types of delivery media used in the history of distance learning before online learning programs: print, radio and telephone,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Educational History, Educational Media
Spector, J. Michael; de la Teja, Ileana – 2001
Competence refers to a state of being well qualified to perform an activity, task, or job function. According to the International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction (IBSTPI), a competency involves a related set of knowledge, skills, and attitudes that enables a person to effectively perform the activities of a given…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competency Based Teacher Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
Monk, David H. – 1989
This digest reviews the promise and drawbacks of computerized learning programs and telecommunication technologies for small rural schools. A critical feature of programmed learning packages can be their stand-alone feature. To the extent that such programs do not require the presence or involvement of a trained on-site teacher, they make it…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Brennan, Mary Alice – 1992
A content analysis was performed to determine the trends in educational technology for the period October 1, 1990, through September 30, 1991. Sources for the analysis included five leading professional journals in educational technology, papers given at annual conventions of three professional associations, dissertations from five universities…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Analysis, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Romiszowski, Alexander – 1993
The print-based model of distance education through correspondence continues to be used, but is being supplemented and, in some cases, replaced, by other media. A second generation of distance education in the 1960s and 1970s was characterized by reliance on open broadcasting, supported by correspondence instruction and print materials. A third…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Distance Education
Preston, Nancy R., Ed. – 1990
A content analysis was performed to determine the trends and issues in educational technology for the period from October 1, 1988, through September 30, 1989. Sources for the analysis included four leading professional journals in educational technology, papers given at annual conventions of three professional associations, dissertations from five…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Analysis, Distance Education, Educational Technology