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Computer Assisted Learning or Communications: Which Way for Information Technology in Distance Education? Information Technology Paper No. 250.
Bates, Tony – 1986
Two uses of computers for teaching in distance education are compared and contrasted: systems based on structured, pre-programmed learning materials, or computer-assisted learning, where the learner communicates as if with the computer; and systems based on the communications functions of computers, or computer-mediated communications systems…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Distance Education, Foreign Countries