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Hertz, Vivienne – 1979
How does the college faculty member involved in off-campus teaching plan for intensively scheduled classes comprised of forty hours of instruction in three weekends? Two main areas of concern are (1) the differences between these students and those found on the main campus and (2) methods of providing variety in instruction to maintain a…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, External Degree Programs, Higher Education, Learning Activities
Carr, Ronnie – Media in Education and Development, 1983
Review of university provision of distance education in Asia highlights and illustrates major similarities and differences in the approaches used in different countries and institutions and compares the operations of national independent universities concerned only with external students and conventional universities which include a distance…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Distance Education, Educational Media
James, Arthur – 1982
The organization, methods, and outcomes of the distance education systems at the Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED) in Spain and The Open University of the United Kingdom are compared. The following topics are covered: higher education in Spain, UNED's ideology, student characteristics in both universities, organization,…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Programs, Comparative Education, Extension Education
Eggert, John D. – 1975
"Making It Count," a multimedia computer course designed to be offered on public television for college credit at the sophomore level, was offered by the State University of Nebraska in 1975. The course was developed by the Boeing Computer Services. The course enrollment was 79, with 64 enrolled for credit. The mean student age was 36.5,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Science Education, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development
Brown, Lawrence A. – 1975
Accounting I, a multimedia course, was the first course produced by the University of Mid-America, and was offered publicly for the first time by the State University of Nebraska in October 1974. A brief overview of this first offering includes: (1) a description of its development; (2) details of its initial offering, such as registration…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accounting, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Brown, Lawrence A. – 1975
A brief overview is given of the State University of Nebraska's second offering of the multimedia course, Accounting I, in March 1975. Document HE 010 419 provides a description of the course and its components. The present report includes: (1) details relating to the second offering; (2) a profile of enrollees; (3) enrollee achievement; (4)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accounting, Course Content, Course Evaluation
