Open AccessThe Personalized System of Instruction: Review and Applications to Distance Education
Author(s) -
Lyle K. Grant,
Robert E. Spencer
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international review of research in open and distance learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.436
H-Index - 68
ISSN - 1492-3831
DOI - 10.19173/irrodl.v4i2.152
Subject(s) - distance education , class (philosophy) , computer science , scholarship , individualized instruction , set (abstract data type) , mathematics education , personalized learning , multimedia , key (lock) , teaching method , psychology , open learning , artificial intelligence , cooperative learning , programming language , computer security , political science , law
The present paper (a) outlines the basic features of the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI); (b) provides a brief history of PSI; and (c) describes the application of PSI to distance education. Some common misconceptions about PSI are also addressed. PSI is presented as a helpful universally applicable set of instructional practices that are well suited to distance teaching and learning.
Key Terms: Personalized System of Instruction, distance learning, computer-based instruction, mastery-learning, self-pacing, higher-order objectives, scholarship of teaching, proctors, tutoring.