Description
This book, first published in 1984, provides a comprehensive review of the range of technology that was being used in distance education. Technological developments in word processing, video-disc and viewdata as well as computer-based learning had revolutionised the potential for distance education. These developments required the role of more ’conventional’ distance learning media, such as broadcasting, tuition and text, to be reassessed. This book, written by international experts in the field, explored the state of the art at the time, and also provided their ideas on how future developments were likely to evolve. This book is ideal for those studying education and communications.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Introduction and Overview; Chapter 1 The Growth of Technology in Distance Education, Tony Bates; Part 2 Media in Course Design; Chapter 2 Texts and Word Processors, Paul Lefrere; Chapter 3 Broadcast Television, Tony Bates; Chapter 4 Video-Cassettes, Stephen Brown; Chapter 5 Satellite and Cable, Kathleen Forsythe; Chapter 6 Videodiscs, Robert G. Fuller; Chapter 7 Computer Assisted Learning in Distance Education, Ann Jones; Chapter 8 Radio, Hans U. Grundin; Chapter 9 Audio-Cassettes, Nicola Durbridge; Chapter 10 Home Kits, Dave Greenfield; Part 3 Media in Course Management and Presentation; Chapter 11 Telephone Teaching, Bernadette Robinson; Chapter 12 Cyclops Shared-Screen Teleconferencing, David McConnell; Chapter 13 Computers in Academic Administration, Zvi Friedman; Chapter 14 Teletext Systems, Peter Zorkoczy; Chapter 15 Viewdata Systems, Paul Bacsich; Chapter 16 Tutors And Media, Rudi Dallos; Chapter 17 Media Resource Centres, Roy Tomlinson; Part 4 Selection of Technology and Course Design; Chapter 18 Pedagogic Differences Between Media, John Sparkes; Chapter 19 Putting It Together: Nov and the Future, Tony Bates;
