ANSWER KEY- DISTANCE LEARNING
Questions - Key Explanation
14. B Some courses even arranged to take students on a
One aspect of the course is that students can gain study trip, perhaps to a company with special
first-hand experience in a working environment processes, or to a geographic site of interest.
and on educational excursions.
15. A Several studies have compared face-to-face
Where the instruction takes place is not a critical classrooms to distance classrooms in order to
factor in students’ achievements. evaluate differences in student performance and
quality of instruction. A meta-analysis of these
studies showed that distance-learning students
performed equally well and some distance courses
outperformed their classroom counterparts.
16. E Distance learning is not meant to replace a face-to-
This method of instruction is not designed to face classroom, but it is one major way to make
replace traditional teaching techniques. education more accessible to society.
17. E As advances in communication and digital
In the future, the use of technology may mean technology continue, residential or demonstration
students will not have to attend practical labs may someday be replaced with comparable
instruction sessions. experiences provided through distance education.
18. B 2. undertake lab work using more sophisticated
Attending laboratory courses allows students to equipment, or equipment too expensive to provide
benefit from the use of expensive equipment not at home.
otherwise available to them.
19. B The summer school is one week long and combines
One purpose of the summer school is to labs, lectures, and problem sessions. In general,
B. enable students to be assessed directly. these schools provide four key features, providing
the opportunity for students to:
3. undertake assessed lab work.
20. D instructional designers. Although they are not the
Instructional designers advise faculty on the content experts, they advise faculty, for example,
D. visual display of coursework. on how information is presented on a website or
the format in which the information is presented.
21. C The staff tutors have a key role in quality
Staff tutors are responsible for the assurance, especially in facilitating effective
C. appointment of certain teaching staff. teaching of the university faculty's courses, and are
responsible for the selection, monitoring, and
development of part-time Associate Lecturers.
22. C Quality issues are a major concern for those who
With the increasing number of distance-learning intend to pursue degree programmes via distance
courses, learning, especially with the proliferation of
C. the standard of teaching has become an issue. distance-learning programmes.
23. NOT GIVEN
24. YES Residential and summer schools serve a similar
The main difference between residential and purpose; the difference is the duration.
summer courses is the length of the courses they
offer.
25. NO The UK university, by using innovative strategies
At the UK university, difficulties exist where the such as the Residential and Summer Schools, Field
teaching of science subjects involves laboratory Trips and Demonstration Laboratories in
experiments. combination with new technologies, is able to
teach all its laboratory courses via distance
learning to its nearly 200,000 students within and
outside the UK.
26. NOT GIVEN