The most accessible technology in terms of cost and comprehension,
radio has been used in education ever since it became available.
It has been used for school broadcasts, in-service teacher
support and training, and adult literacy and basic education
campaigns. And in combination with tutorials, print materials,
local listening groups, and face-to-face meetings, radio
has been used in many countries to teach a wide range of
subjects at the school and college level. Several large
distance teaching universities in Britain, Indonesia, Spain,
and Thailand use radio in many of their distance education
courses. Now that audio-cassette recorders are so widely
available, the ephemeral nature of radio broadcasts and
the fixed transmission times can be easily compensated for.
And where students have access to telephones, phone-in discussion
programs can overcome the one-way nature of radio broadcasting.
- More on radio broadcasting
Kawai, A.
2002. "The role of radio programmes
in Japanese post-war agricultural and rural development:
A lesson for vocational education and training".
Paper presented at the 15th Annual Conference of the Asian
Association of Open Universities, New Delhi, India, February
21-23, 2002.
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