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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1995
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED387118 |
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- Graduate Distance Education: A Review and Synthesis of the Research Literature. Maxwell, Leigh And Others Computer Mediated Communication Distance Education Educational Media Educational Technology Graduate Study Higher Education Telecommunications Teleconferencing While researchers have studied the impact of technologies on primary, secondary, and higher education, this study asks, "What are the relationships between types of graduate education and the role of communication technology?" The purpose of this paper is to synthesize the current communication issues for distance education at the post-baccalaureate level in order to facilitate decision making by educators and policy makers on this evolving topic. It was found that subject matter is a determining factor in whether a course is offered at a distance and how it is supported by communication techniques. Most graduate-level programs available at a distance are professional rather than research-oriented. The critical components of post-baccalaureate education include: supervision of research, access to a library, and face-to-face interaction with faculty and peers. The most common media chosen to support these functions include: video and audio teleconferencing, computer-mediated communication, and text-based materials. Ultimately, the most pressing issues surrounding graduate distance education center around the role of dialogue versus transmission of knowledge. These communications issues are not unique to distance education. However, they appear to be moving to the forefront as technology forces an examination of pedagogical assumptions. (Contains 31 references.) (Author)