Independent study for university degrees distance education compared with the Keller Plan
- 1 March 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Distance Education
- Vol. 2 (1) , 39-53
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0158791810020103
Abstract
On the basis of a view of distance education as on one hand an industrialised form of teaching and learning and on the other hand as a kind of mediated didactic conversation this paper discusses the requirements raised by this type of education on arrangements for university study. Here belong prompt feedback, free pacing, opportunities to sit for examinations when the student feels ready for them and a credit‐point organisation. Two types of independent study are found to meet these requirements, a Swedish distance‐study program and the Keller Plan, i.e. the so‐called ‘Personalised System of Instruction’.Keywords
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