Deakin University: Going online at a Dual Mode University

Deakin is a dual mode university with more than half of its students doing at least part of their study at a distance and with an entrepreneurial arm that provides distance education services for even larger numbers. Online provision has been developing over a decade, enriching traditional distance...

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Main Author: Jocelyn Calvert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Athabasca University Press 2001-01-01
Series:International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
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Online Access:http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/20
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description Deakin is a dual mode university with more than half of its students doing at least part of their study at a distance and with an entrepreneurial arm that provides distance education services for even larger numbers. Online provision has been developing over a decade, enriching traditional distance education in programs with mixtures of on- and off-campus students. It has been supported by central services and corporate applications, leading to reasonable consistency in the thrust. A current aim is to ensure that it is sustainable at a high level of quality.
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Deakin University: Going online at a Dual Mode University
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
distance education
open learning
open universities
e-learning
online education
transitition
title Deakin University: Going online at a Dual Mode University
title_full Deakin University: Going online at a Dual Mode University
title_fullStr Deakin University: Going online at a Dual Mode University
title_full_unstemmed Deakin University: Going online at a Dual Mode University
title_short Deakin University: Going online at a Dual Mode University
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topic distance education
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open universities
e-learning
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