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Robinson, Richard D. – 1980
This publication is designed to present information to the faculty of the University of Missouri on an updated Educational Teleconference System (ETS) which operates from that campus and to encourage them to use that system in future teaching activities. Introductory materials provide a brief overview of the history of educational uses of the…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Distance Education, Guidelines, Higher Education
Advisory Council for Adult and Continuing Education, Leicester (England). – 1983
This descriptive state-of-the-art report presents a survey of recent distance learning developments in Britain, mainly by local colleges in the public education sector, and discusses the motivation and experience of adult learners. Distance learning in general is examined, and current models of provision and the audiences served by these programs…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Continuing Education, Correspondence Study, Delivery Systems
Page, Fred M.; And Others – 1994
For many preservice teachers, student teaching is the culminating and paramount experience in their preparation to The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to determine the effectiveness of an alternative student teaching supervision model by on-site supervision by the supervising teacher (the university supervisor does not visit the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cooperating Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Long, Kathleen M. – 1991
An instructor in a junior high school English program which involved teaching approximately 160 eighth graders on a daily basis found it almost impossible to assess students fairly by taking individual differences into account when grading. Her solution was to invite students to participate in the construction, performance, and evaluation of their…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Practices, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
Harshman, Carl L. – 1979
A model developed at Metropolitan College of Saint Louis University for assessing the quality of nontraditional education programs is discussed. The concept of quality in relation to individual programs, accreditation, and students is examined. The limitations of the existing definitions of quality and the methods for measuring it are considered.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Students, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment
McCullough, Philip N.; Andrews, Grover J. – 1978
In the design and implementation of the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation's (COPA) Project to Develop Evaluative Criteria and Procedures for the Accreditation of Nontraditional Education, a taxonomy for the classification and determination of the nature of nontraditional institutions has been developed. The objective of the study was to…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Advanced Placement, Classification, College Curriculum