A re-examination of the role of educational technology in the Open University in Great Britain. (HB)

Article introduces the educational services of the BBC as integrated media for learning. Television is considered one of the component parts of a complex learning system. Reference is made to the role of television in the Open University, and to the problems of adult education in an open society. Instances are given of the difficulties of…

It is often said that if educational technology is to be of real service it must be an integral part of the learning and research system which is a university, not merely an afterthought. In the case of the British Open University a successful attempt bas been made to design the institution using educational technology as a basic approach. It is…

This document presents a case and guide for a "Space/Time-Preference" (S/T-P) higher learning situation in which educational programs, plans, and proposals seek to promote learning beyond campus classrooms, while many of them are even flexible as to when and how a student learns. The purpose of the guide is to focus on the long-range problems and…

In examining the current national debate in Australia concerning open tertiary education (involving ease of access to part-time and external studies, new curricula, and innovative teaching practices), the author compares Australia and aspects of distance teaching in Germany and advocates an international open tertiary education network to which…

A general examination of the assumptions of educational technology as a body of knowledge. (HB)

Some of the difficulties encountered when attempting the formative evaluation of Open University television and radio programs are discussed, and a few tentative conclusions about how the developmental testing of these programs might develop are considered. (Author/JEG)

A research study demonstrates that making revisions suggested by developmental testing of an Open University music course resulted in more effective learning, reduced study time, and fewer learning difficulties for students. (Author/STS)

Article discussed the problems that the Open University is having in gaining acceptance and evaluated its benefits to the educational community. (RK)

Sir John Morris was Chancellor of the University of Tasmania. He was also Chairman of the Adult Education Board and the State Library Board. His views on adult education were well in advance of his time. While many viewed adult education as providing a leisure time hobby for those who participated, he saw it as part of the life-long educational…

From its conception in 1945 Roosevelt University in Chicago has been innovative in its dealings with students, faculty and curriculum. Now, at a time when the enormous expansion of the state supported junior and senior colleges and fluctuations in the federal support of higher education has periled the existence of many private colleges and…

The contributions distance teaching (education delivered to learners who study anywhere and in their own time) can make to work-oriented, family and community, professional and paraprofessional, and general basic education in developing rural areas are discussed briefly. Its use in professional education is illustrated with description of the Free…