ERIC Number: ED351997
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: 80
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ISBN: ISBN-1-877780-07-3
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Computer-Mediated Communication for Distance Education: An International Review of Design, Teaching, and Institutional Issues. ACSDE Research Monograph Number 6.
Wells, Rosalie
One of the most recent technological systems to be adopted for use in distance education is computer-mediated communication (CMC), which typically includes computer conferencing, electronic mail, and electronic bulletin boards. The purpose of this review is to provide teachers, researchers and administrators with a practical summary of current knowledge about design, teaching, and institutional issues in the use of CMC for distance education, and to consolidate the major questions and issues in order to provide a relatively comprehensive overview of the field at this point in time. The review, which focuses on empirical studies using CMC in distance education, is divided into four parts: (1) Designing a Course To Maximize the Potential of CMC; (2) Teaching Considerations; (3) Institutional Issues (including computer access and marketing, policy, and cost); and (4) two charts illustrating the educational and communication uses of CMC which emphasize the extent to which CMC has become an international phenomenon. (Contains 181 references.) (ALF)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computers, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Design, Instructional Innovation, Microcomputers, Nontraditional Education, Telecommunications, Teleconferencing
American Center for the Study of Distance Education, Penn State University, 403 S. Allen St., Suite 206, University Park, PA 16802-5202 ($20).
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Researchers; Teachers; Administrators
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. American Center for the Study of Distance Education.
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