With the increasing popularity of distance education, focus has turned to the role of libraries in distance learning process. It is widely agreed that like their campus-based counterparts, distance education learners need adequate library services if they are to gain quality education. This study sought to examine library utilization by students…

The development of new communication technologies has led to a push for greater technology use for teaching and learning. This is most true for distance learning education, which relies heavily on new technologies. Distance learning students, however, seem to have very limited time available for studying and learning because of work and/or family…

The first round of attempts to extend the access of working people to higher education began in 1873 with an imitation of the University of London on the prairies of Illinois. For all practical purposes, it ended in the legislature of the State of New York in 1892, although it took more than a decade to formally close all of the external degree…

Transnational higher education is a rapidly growing phenomenon that is under-researched and often even misunderstood. As the world's most promising market, China has the potential to dwarf all traditional offshore markets. Little research has been done to seriously analyse the fast growth in China. A sound understanding of the Chinese situation…

The delivery of pre-registration Bachelor of Nursing courses in Australia has primarily been through the traditional on-campus mode. The development and implementation of an external course mode necessitates pedagogical reflection on a number of delivery, design, implementation, and consequently evaluation, processes. This paper discusses one…

Answering critics, the author reinforces his opposition to external doctoral degree programs. (DW)

Parodies an external degree program, using medicine as an illustration. (DW)

One-third of all Open University courses now contain project-work, in which the student has some freedom in designing his/her own learning activities.

An opinion survey concerning traditional and external doctoral programs suggests that educational leaders want individuals who are prepared to use theory and generalizable knowledge in resolving everyday educational problems. (Author/DW)

The article provides an account of the developing and changing perspectives of educational technology in the IET during its brief history, as well as its organizational structure, operations and publications.

It is not that the weaknesses described are unimportant, but to use such arguments against external programs begs the real issue: the task of developing a high-quality, legitimate, and competitive program of study that broadens and strengthens another approach to learning. (Author)

Created in response to earlier published articles critical of external degree programs, this article consists primarily of a letter from a vice-president of Nova University and excerpts of letters written in support of Nova. (IRT)

Briefly discusses external degree programs in New York, Illinois, Connecticut, and New Jersey. Primary focus is on New York's Regents External Degree Program. (IRT)

In response to criticism of his article concerned with a perceived lack of quality in external doctoral programs, the author asserts that his position has not changed. (IRT)

The author raises questions about the quality of nontraditional doctoral programs. (IRT)