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Bridging the Gap between Teaching and Learning at a Distance
Author(s) -
Nathenson Michael B
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.1979.tb00375.x
Subject(s) - bridging (networking) , mathematics education , open university , distance education , task (project management) , computer science , process (computing) , teaching method , unit (ring theory) , open education , open learning , psychology , pedagogy , cooperative learning , engineering , computer network , systems engineering , operating system
Abstract Unlike teachers in traditional universities, Open University teachers are faced with the very difficult task of having to produce course materials for students learning at a distance. Typically, Open University materials include a number of adjunct teaching aids which encourage students to become actively involved in the learning process (eg, aims and objectives, study guides, self‐assessment questions, in‐text summaries, etc). Unfortunately, few of these teaching aids have been evaluated systematically. Open University teachers simply do not know, for example, whether a list of objectives placed at the beginning of a course unit actually helps students to learn the related material. This paper describes a methodology for helping Open University teachers find out whether the particular teaching practices they adopt are successful. The effectiveness of the methodology is also evaluated.