Higher Education in Europe
1983 Volume 18, Number 3
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 5
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Distance Teaching Universities in Europe
Greville Rumble
These aspects of three European open universities in Great Britain, Spain, and West Germany are discussed: the impetus to establish distance teaching universities, academic programs, student... More
pp. 5-14
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Higher Education and Postgraduate Studies in the GDR Organized as Distance Education
Horst Mohle
Aspects of distance education in East Germany are outlined: meeting educational needs, student characteristics, shaping of the curriculum to meet specific national training objectives, program... More
pp. 26-33
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Development of Distance Education in Austria--An Integrative Model
Werner Lenz
The Institute for Distance Education, founded in 1981 for interuniversity research on distance education, is discussed. Its objectives include research, program development, and coordination of... More
pp. 34-38
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Evaluation of the Open University
David Hawkridge
Ten major types of evaluation used at Britain's Open University are outlined, including assessment of access, needs, courses, student progress, tutors and counselors, instructional media, computer ... More
pp. 39-45
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Establishing Distance Education as a University Discipline--Seven Years of "ZIFF" Research in Hagen
Borje Holmberg
The efforts of the West German Zentrales Institut fuer Fernstudienforschung, an institute developed in 1975 to study distance education, are discussed, including its major studies of distance... More
pp. 46-55