This quasi-experiment utilized three groups of direct service staff to explore the effectiveness of three methods of training and an optional survey was offered after the study. The researcher used a counterbalance design. Three courses developed by an independent distance learning company were utilized to provide the learning experience. Each…

This study is based on the analysis of academic results of 692 undergraduate and graduate students in two disciplines in a French university who attended their courses using one out of four possible learning modalities. Within the two disciplines, Art History and Educational Sciences, students chose between face-to-face learning (on campus),…

This historical study examined the Civilian Conservation Corps as an educational endeavor during the New Deal era. Specifically, it considered the CCC as an organization which utilized educational technologies of the day, while also serving as a mass medium to communicate what was possible through the New Deal to the American public at large. In…

Distance education is among the significant fields for the application of educational technology. Distance education in China has gone through three phases, namely: correspondence-based education, radio and TV-based education and online education. This paper was based on educational technology application, and the historical, dialectic and…

By picking up this guide, you have already taken an important step towards continuing your education. Going back to school will require hard work and dedication. The process will be both challenging and frustrating. But if you stick with it, continuing your education can bring you tremendous rewards. Earning a General Education Development…

Civil Defense U.S.A. appears to have been amazingly successful with a very heterogeneous audience. (EB)

The Education Officer of the National and Local Government Officers Association (NALGO) records the growth of NALGO educational services since 1910; and predicts that correspondence study will be recognized as a valid method which can be used effectively in conjunction with other approaches. (LY)

The first generation of distance education professionals, largely ignored even on their own campuses, created and sustained correspondence study--an innovative and controversial teaching format that provided an alternate and more democratic form of access to higher education than had previously existed. They most often did this in the service of…

THIS PROJECT REPORTED THE PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE HELD (1) TO DEVELOP A GUIDE FOR THE USE OF AVAILABLE AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA IN CORRESPONDENCE STUDY AND (2) TO SET GUIDELINES AND SPECIFIC PROJECTS FOR FUTURE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN THE USE OF THE NEWER COMMUNICATION MEDIA IN CORRESPONDENCE STUDY. (GD)

The Director of Education for the Australian Broadcasting Commission outlines the various programs, built around a two-way radio network, used to personalize education for the lonely child isolated in Australia's outback." (Author/LS)