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Morgan, Alistair – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1976
One-third of all Open University courses now contain project-work, in which the student has some freedom in designing his/her own learning activities.
Descriptors: External Degree Programs, Student Projects, Student Research
Duchastel, Philippe C. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1976
The author describes a non-traditional art course offered by the British Open University. The aims of the course are more affective than cognitive, and this led the course developers to modify the educational technology approach to its design.
Descriptors: Art Education, Course Evaluation, Educational Technology, External Degree Programs
Senior, Barbara – Teaching at a Distance, 1977
It is shown that Open University students are psychologically able to sustain an independent (i.e., student-centered) program of learning and that the Open University degree structure is sufficiently flexible to incorporate truly independent study into its structure in the form of a project credit. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: College Credits, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology, External Degree Programs
Varley, Margaret E. – Teaching at a Distance, 1975
Describes an experimental correspondence course in Britain's Open University, an upper division biology course in ecology. The course differs from most others in that individual research study projects are substituted for the study center tutorials that supplement correspondence work in most other courses. (JT)
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, Course Descriptions, Ecology, External Degree Programs
Spear, Roger – Teaching at a Distance, 1977
This is a short review of the progress of some members of the Open University Technology Faculty in researching, discussing, and preparing a project course for first presentation in 1979, in which students will design and carry out their own project on any topic relating to the subject areas within the Technology Faculty. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Credit Courses, Educational Technology, External Degree Programs
Peer reviewedBynner, John; Henry, Jane – Higher Education, 1984
The use of advanced-level projects in distance teaching is examined, and projects done in an advanced course on research methodology in education and the social sciences are discussed. Three models suggesting different combinations of distance teaching and conventional institution-based teaching incorporating project work are proposed. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, College Instruction, Distance Education, Educational Strategies
Morgan, Alistair R. – 1978
Project-based learning for students at the Open University, Great Britain, was studied through interviewing and the administration of a questionnaire. Group discussion interviews were conducted with approximately 200 students and individual interviews with about 50 part-time tutors who were responsible for the direct face-to-face contact arranged…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Students, Course Evaluation, External Degree Programs
