| How are distance teaching programs managed and administered by different types of
distance education providers? There are four main types of distance education providers:
- Single-mode institutions, where the management's sole
responsibility is designing and delivering courses for distance learners. All planning,
funds, staff, and other resources are devoted to this purpose.
- Dual-mode institutions, which in addition to providing
conventional teaching, deliver distance education programs administered by a special
management unit.
- Mixed-mode institutions, where distance teaching programs are
designed, delivered, and administered by the same people who provide conventional
programs.
- Consortia, arrangements in which a nation's or state's
distance teaching resources are organized under a single management unit, usually made up
of representatives of the institutions providing the resources.
Other questions to consider:
More resources:
Zhang, W.;
Tsui, C.; Jegede, O.; Ng, F. & Kowk, Louisa. 2002.
"A comparison of distance education
in selected Asian open universities," Paper presented
at the 14th Annual Conference of the Asian Association
of Open Universities, Manila, Philippines, October 25-27,
2000.
Liao, F.H.
& Tsang, Eva Y. M. 1995. A comparative
perspective: A way to develop self-study Chinese learning
materials on the basis of experience of the National Open
University, Taipei, and the Open Learning Institute of
Hong Kong, Paper presented at the 9th Annual Conference
in Asian Association of Open Universities, December 3-5,
1995
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