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Cowper, Henry; And Others – Teaching at a Distance, 1979
Since 1970, liaisons between the Open University and local providers of adult education have assisted in preparing adults for studying in the Open University. Two examples from joint work with the Workers' Educational Association are cited. (Author/AF)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Articulation (Education), Cooperative Programs, External Degree Programs
Carr, Ronnie – Teaching at a Distance, 1983
An examination of the need for academic advising and tutoring for upper division students of the Open University in Scotland reveals a gap between institutional recommendations and the actual use and perception of the services. Clearer guidance is recommended for tutor-counselors, and questions are posed about service needs for further…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Counseling Services, Counselor Role, Difficulty Level
Reid-Smith, Edward R., Ed. – 1980
A collection of nine commissioned papers, one each from Scotland and South Africa and eight from Australia, address provisions for and problems with distance education for librarianship. Components and applications of directed private study in Scotland and the development, educational philosophy, methods, problems, and standards of correspondence…
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, External Degree Programs, Feasibility Studies, Foreign Countries
Menmuir, Katherine – Media in Education and Development, 1982
Describes Dundee College of Education's experience in developing a course in educational technology for part time nonresident students both in Britain and overseas. (LLS)
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Correspondence Study, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology
George, Judith – Teaching at a Distance, 1979
Experience in Scotland shows that telephone tuition can be an effective means to bring remote students and tutors into direct contact. One-to-one tuition, conference call tuition, and loud-speaker tuition are discussed. Limitations and advantages of this medium are noted, and development across the United Kingdom is advocated. (AF)
Descriptors: Educational Media, External Degree Programs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Bell, Robert; Tight, Malcolm – 1993
This book challenges the notion that the open university is a recent invention and argues that in Britain there is a long and varied tradition of similar developments, and that there has been a significant 20th century reduction in the openness of universities, particularly in the period from the 1950s to the 1970s. Selected examples of open…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, College Role, Distance Education
Download full textPike, Robert M.; And Others – 1978
Three essays are collected in this study of access to higher education in other countries: "Part-Time Undergraduate Studies in Ontario," by Robert M. Pike; "Access to Higher Education in England and Wales," by Naomi E. S. McIntosh; and "Strategies for a Broader Enrollment in Swedish Higher Education," by Urban…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, Comparative Education, Educational Change
