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Mindweave: communication, computers and distance education

Mindweave: communication, computers and distance education Instructional Science 19:85-87 (1990) 85 Book review Robin Mason and Anthony Kaye (Eds). Mindweave: communication, computers and distance education. Oxford: Pergamon, 1989, 289 pp., £19.50/$34.95, ISBN 0-08-037755-6. As an educational technology, computer-mediated communication (CMC) has been around for some time The use of computers to facilitate and provide on-line support, both in terms of delivery of material and tutorial interaction, has been used in North America for a number of years, particularly to provide distance education for those unable to attend conventional higher education institutions for various reasons. However, many such 'experiments', since that was how they were commonly viewed, are and were relatively small scale. It seemed that it was only when the British Open University, the major supplier of distance education in the UK, took the step of a major implementation of CMC for one of its courses after a number of smaller scale trials, that the topic started to be noticed as a potential major new educational paradigm. Appropriately enough, the Open University course in question provides an introduction to the social and techno- logical issues of Information Technology, uses a multi-media delivery approach, and provided the basis for a good chunk of the material presented http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Instructional Science Springer Journals

Mindweave: communication, computers and distance education

Colbourn, Chris
Instructional Science , Volume 19 (1): 3 – Jan 1, 1990
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Springer Journals
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1990 Kluwer Academic Publishers
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0020-4277
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1573-1952
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10.1007/BF00377987
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Instructional Science 19:85-87 (1990) 85 Book review Robin Mason and Anthony Kaye (Eds). Mindweave: communication, computers and distance education. Oxford: Pergamon, 1989, 289 pp., £19.50/$34.95, ISBN 0-08-037755-6. As an educational technology, computer-mediated communication (CMC) has been around for some time The use of computers to facilitate and provide on-line support, both in terms of delivery of material and tutorial interaction, has been used in North America for a number of years, particularly to provide distance education for those unable to attend conventional higher education institutions for various reasons. However, many such 'experiments', since that was how they were commonly viewed, are and were relatively small scale. It seemed that it was only when the British Open University, the major supplier of distance education in the UK, took the step of a major implementation of CMC for one of its courses after a number of smaller scale trials, that the topic started to be noticed as a potential major new educational paradigm. Appropriately enough, the Open University course in question provides an introduction to the social and techno- logical issues of Information Technology, uses a multi-media delivery approach, and provided the basis for a good chunk of the material presented

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