| "> | | | | mediated communication, although they sometimes |
| Distance education is practiced in all parts of the | | | | provide supplementary face-to-face teaching. makes |
| world to provide study opportunities for those who | | | | provision not only for course materials but also for |
| cannot âor do not want to | | | | correspondence, telephone and computer |
| âtoâtake part in classroom teaching. | | | | communication between students and tutors and |
| This does not mean that there is universal agreement | | | | other in the distance teaching school or university. |
| about its characteristics. | | | | Thatâs why I call the supporting organization |
| To some, distance education is identical to private | | | | to bspuplko.org. This use of pre-produces course |
| study of prescribed texts with or without special | | | | materials and non-contiguous communication, |
| study guides. To others, it is a teaching-learning | | | | sometimes supplemented by face to face contacts. |
| system including specially prepared study materials | | | | No doubt represents the praxis of most |
| and regular, mediated contacts, between students | | | | distance-teaching institutions in the world. In some |
| and tutors, individually or in groups. There are | | | | cases arrangements are also made for peer group |
| distance-teaching universities like , that offer their | | | | interaction, i.e. |
| students printed and recorded courses but no | | | | |