Distance Education: Access, Quality, Cautions, and Opportunities

Autor/in	Edelson, Paul Jay
Titel	Distance Education: Access, Quality, Cautions, and Opportunities
Quelle	In: Continuing Higher Education Review, 77 (2013), S.57-63 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0893-0384
Schlagwörter	Distance Education; Access to Education; Open Education; Online Courses; Part Time Students; Educational Opportunities; Correlation; Values; Expectation; Economic Factors; Credentials; Higher Education; Educational Finance; Financial Support; Continuing Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Offene Erziehung; Offener Unterricht; Online course; Online-Kurs; Part-time students; Teilzeitstudent; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Korrelation; Wertbegriff; Expectancy; Erwartung; Ökonomischer Faktor; Studienbuch; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsfonds; Finanzielle Förderung; Weiterbildung
Abstract	Assessing the impact of widely distributed learning opportunities now accessible through distance education must take into account the re-imposition of values and motives long associated with traditional education. The expectations of new higher education consumers should be tempered by institutional acknowledgement of pre-existing value structures and economics, constituting possible limitations on the utility of credentials thereby earned. Nevertheless, a reaffirmed confidence in higher education as a beneficial public good can reverse current trends of diminished state support which will, in turn, further participation and social equality. Continuing education leaders must search for ways to participate in their institution's distance education initiatives, including massive open online courses (MOOCs), even if they are not the prime movers, since these will expand opportunities for many new part-time learners. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01