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ERIC Number: EJ577879
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0892-3647
Distance Education Is a Strategy: What Is the Objective?
Smith, Thomas W.
American Journal of Distance Education, v12 n2 p63-72 1998
Reviews a number of strategic plans and the goals and objectives normally assigned to distance education, and distinguishes the terms used in strategic thinking about distance education. Examines assumptions about adopting distance delivery of education and training by looking at distance education not as an objective, but as a strategy. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Distance Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Educational Strategies, Strategic Planning, Training Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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