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Peer reviewedGelber, Mark – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1974
Presents the steps necessary for successful innovation, with emphasis on financing, selling the change to faculty, and evaluating the results. (Editor)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Finance, Educational Innovation, External Degree Programs
Meed, John – Educational Broadcasting International, 1976
Descriptors: Educational Radio, External Degree Programs, Higher Education, Media Research
McIntosh, Naomi E. – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1978
A generalized procedure for interrelating possible research activities and decisions over the life of a course is proposed. The main levels at which research can contribute to the evaluation are discussed, and data are presented in relation to one particular program: the Social Science foundation course at the Open University. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, External Degree Programs, Foreign Countries
Turok, Ben – Teaching at a Distance, 1977
This article argues for another commitment by the Open University in a new field of educational technology based on the telephone. Consideration is given to one-to-one telephone calls for tutorial purposes, conference calls, teaching by satellite, and meeting by telephone. (LBH)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, External Degree Programs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Boulder, CO. Western Cooperative for Educational Communications. – 1997
This pamphlet is intended to assist the consumer in making informed decisions when choosing between distance learning programs. Distance education and distance learners are defined. Included is advice on beginning a program search; choosing a school; accreditation; evaluating quality of electronically offered programs; evaluate non-accredited…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, College Choice, Directories
Stetson, Kenneth W. – 1979
The University Without Walls (UWW) programs at seven colleges were examined to identify common programmatic features and to determine both student and faculty/staff views of this educational endeavor. Attention was focused on the degree-granting process at the institutions. A total of 513 student questionnaires and 190 faculty/staff questionnaires…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Comparative Analysis, External Degree Programs, Higher Education
Sweet, Robert – 1982
Personal contacts students have with their tutors through the telephone tutoring system established at the Open Learning Institute, British Columbia, Canada, were investigated with completing and noncompleting students. Attention was directed to the frequency of contact with tutors and supportive behaviors tutors extend. For the 118 students, the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Students, Assignments, Dropouts
Strauss, Marvin – 1979
In 1967 the University of Cincinnati initiated one of the first graduate programs in health planning to provide qualified professionals to staff health planning agencies. In 1974 the university began to develop an external degree program to meet the needs of employed health personnel. The program incorporates individualized, self-paced,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Credits, College Planning
