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Guidelines for distance education: a case study in Taiwan
Author(s) -
Liang C.C.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of computer assisted learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.583
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2729
pISSN - 0266-4909
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2001.00158.x
Subject(s) - distance education , videoconferencing , professional development , quality (philosophy) , instructional design , teleconference , psychology , medical education , pedagogy , mathematics education , computer science , multimedia , medicine , philosophy , epistemology
Through a questionnaire survey and in‐depth interviews with the teachers, students and staff involved, this paper presents a case study which describes the current status of telecommunications distance education via real‐time interactive videoconferencing in Taiwan. Participants' views were analysed and showed that instructional development components, such as learner characteristics, instructional resources, support services and rehearsal, are quite different from the traditional mode especially with regard to neglected factors such as educational administration and policy. The paper summarises the findings as an itemised list of guidelines for operating instructional development for a telecommunications distance education. These guidelines can contribute not only to improving the quality of distance education, but also to faculty development, staff training, elaboration of theory and professional practice in the field.