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Title Some interfaces in conventional and distance education programmes in a postmodern context

Full text http://hdl.handle.net/2263/9773

Date 2008

Author(s) Aluko, F. Ruth; Fraser, William John; Fraser, Bill; Hendrikz, Johan

Contributor(s) william.fraser@up.ac.za

Abstract This article emanates from a comparative study of the quality of a B.Ed. (Hons) programme in contact and distance contexts in a dual-mode institution, in terms of access, delivery and output. Both versions of the programme are guided by a similar underpinning philosophy that drives its ethos. Even though it appears that there may be no prominent discrepancies between the two modes of training delivery, institutions that decide to venture into rural areas are faced with challenges that have to be sorted out if the quality of a given distance education programme is to be enhanced. Also, there is the need for institutions to distinguish between academe that are interested in distance education and those that are not in order to improve on their research status. Finally, suggestions are proffered on how institutions in an African setting can improve the quality of their programmes.

Subject(s) Distance education programmes; Contact education programmes; Higher education; Distance education -- Africa; Education, Higher -- Africa

Language en

Publisher Unisa Press

Type of publication Article

Rights Unisa Press. This article is embargoed by the publisher until June 2009.

Identifier Aluko, FR, Fraser, WJ & Hendrikz, J 2008, 'Some interfaces in conventional and distance education programmes in a postmodern context', South African Journal of Higher Education', vol. 22, no. 3, pp 484-497. [http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=20128]; 1011-3487

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