Distance Education in Higher Education. Inter-Country Study Visit-cum-Mobile Workshop (Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Bangkok, Thailand, and Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, September 6-16, 1983).

Overview & Synopsis

The outcome of a study workshop with participants from 11 Asian and Pacific countries, this report is broadly divided into four chapters. The first gives an overview of the philosophical concept and challenges of distance education at the higher education level in the context of this region. The second chapter contains synopses of reports presented by the participants on experiences and developments in distance education in each of their countries: (1) Australia; (2) Bangladesh; (3) China; (4) India; (5) Indonesia; (6) Pakistan; (7) Papua New Guinea; (8) the Philippines; (9) Sri Lanka; (10) Thailand; and (11) the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. Chapter three features two institutions of distance education, Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education (DDIAE) and Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU), and describes their operations in contrasting situations. The final chapter deals with planning, operating, and evaluating a distance education system. This part of the workshop, held at DDIAE, involved the participants in discussion and practical work. (THC)