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Telecommunication Delivery Modes & Student Achievement
Research on delivery modes and their correlation to student achievement outcomes has shown that students learn better via teletraining mode than face-to-face instruction (Chute, Balthazar, Poston 1989; Task Force on Distance Education, 1992) Telecommunications technologies that can integrate sound, motion, image, and text create a rich new learning environment awash with possibility and a clear potential to increase student involvement in the learning process.(Task Force on Distance Education, 1992).
Chute, A., L. Balthazar, and C. Poston. 1989. "Learning from Teletraining." In Readings in Distance Learning and Instruction, ed. Michael Moore. University Park: Pennsylvania State University.
Task Force on Distance Education, 1992. "Report of the Task Force on Distance Education," The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsyvania, November. Published electronically in DEOSNEWS 3:7 and 3:8 (July 1993, August 1993).
Maule, R.W. 1993. "Computers and Telecommunications for Distance Education," University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Maule states that certain concepts of traditional classroom learning that are absent in conventional distance learning modes can be accommodated with computer communications.
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