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digitisation, digitalisation: 11, 41, 47, 51,
53, 65, 105, 129, 140, 144, 152, 204, 218,
219, 224; resistance to: 54;
transformation of society through: 140
digitised books: 64; learning: 20, 31, 33, 44,
52, 57–70,79, 83, 84, 91, 180, 183, 184,
190, 191, 194, 196, 197, 198, 200, 215,
223, 226; pedagogical shifts: 31–5
discourse, academic: 69, 88, 198, 201, 207,
209, 213, 224; scholarly: 45, 120, 121;
scientific: 11, 84, 170, 191, 198, 199, 206
discussion: 32, 67, 68, 80, 88, 96, 97, 108,
111, 113, 115, 117, 126, 180, 189, 192,
196, 206, 207, 209, 221, 222, 226, 230,
232; structure: 120–1; problems: 126
disembedding mechanism: 213
disputatio: 84
Distance Education in Transition: 7
distance education: 11, 13–23, 15, 21, 26, 29,
41, 45, 51, 58, 182, 199, 201, 203, 205,
219, 221, 224; accepted: 51; computerbased:
12; concepts: 25–35, 37, 40–6, 128;
course: 22, 44, 122; curricula for: 29;
digitised: 23; digitalisation: 41; dual mode:
214; efficacy: 59; expansion and growth:
11, 17–20; European initiatives: 22–3;
first generation: 34, 41, 61, 62, 67, 96;
forerunner: 14; growing demand: 13, 17,
188; growing interest: 13, 16–7;
historical perspectives: 14–6, 26; history:
13, 14, 16, 26, 37, 64; humanitarian goal:
38; impact of digitisation: 7, 20–1;
importance: 13–24, 50, 220; legacy: 7,
218, 221; material: 54; mission: 37;
models: 37, 40–5; nature 38; new era: 20,
42,69, 86; re-engineering: 69; pedagogy:
9, 11, 33, 68, 69, 83, 84, 107, 130, 158,
159, 162, 193; second generation: 34, 42,
61, 223; system: 44, 50, 220; research:
13, 20; third generation: 12, 61, 225;
third period: 16, 17, 20; three periods: 13,
16, 17, 20, 21, 23; traditional: 61, 63, 69
distance learners: 11, 33, 108, 109
distance students: 15, 21, 61, 67, 115, 171,
208, 228
distance teaching institutions: 7, 17, 18, 34, 40
distance teaching universities: 15–6; 17–9,
21, 35, 40, 41, 42, 70, 115, 187, 189–91,
193, 198, 210; dual-mode: 19, 23, 213;
single-mode: 13, 15, 17, 19, 214
distance teaching: 13, 22, 45, 58, 92, 203, 207,
208, 209, 210, 212; cost: 201; model: 15,
45; network-based: 40; online: 45;
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system: 220; teleconferencing-based: 18,
44; traditional: 82; video-based: 18
distributed information: 89, 165, 166, 169,
198, 228, 230; learning: 21, 124, 178, 189,
190, 193, 194, 200, 219, 226, 229, 230,
231, 232
diversity: 192, 198
documentation management: 87; space: 90,
92, 227
domination: 77, 92, 221
doubt: 82, 155, 164, 173, 198
drill and practice: 49, 52, 53, 58, 62, 191
eclectism: 30
École Universelle: 41
economic factors: 21, 28, 34, 45, 86
economy of scale: 45
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education, access to: 7, 13, 22; adult: 7, 23, 27,
28, 28, 208; commercialisation: 50, 54;
commodisation: 54; concepts: 161, 162,
175; continuing: 7, 19, 27, 28, 38, 74, 91,
104, 105, 129, 155–6, 157, 171, 175, 193,
204, 205, 211 213; development: 17, 19, 22,
184; face-to-face: 40; financing: 28;
forms: 17, 25, 29, 39, 82; goals: 21, 27, 39,
86, 107, 128, 158, 163, 167, 177, 183, 199,
221, 222; group: 98; lifelong: 157, 163,
175, 211;market: 51, 192; mass: 15, 27, 28,
45, 53, 168, 189; mechanisation: 18, 35;
models: 25, 85, 87, 161, 162; open: 40, 42,
45, 63, 218; paradigm shift: 14, 20, 25–36,
68, 177; policy: 15, 38, 45, 49, 85, 141,
214, 204, 222; privatisation: 50;
processes: 21, 54, 75, 130, 158;
purposes: 19, 85, 86, 96, 184, 233;
science: 82, 86, 94; scientific: 38;
(socio-economic) conditions: 21, 27–9, 34;
structure: 76, 207, 212; systems: 14, 22, 23,
28, 47, 48, 55, 162, 192, 219; targets: 74,
16; technology: 15, 20, 39; tertiary level:
16, 35, 37, 73; theory: 218; transaction: 38,
39; university: 27, 38, 42, 194, 201, 205–7,
210, 211, 214
educational goals: 21, 107, 128, 158, 192, 199,
218; network: 51, 221; theory: 98, 221–2
educationists: 73, 152, 185, 215, 216, 224;
reform-minded: 221
electronic books: 31, 32, 64, 66; notice-board:
96, 97
e(lectronic)-mail: 49, 52, 53, 67, 88, 91, 95,
96, 97, 109, 110, 121, 125, 168, 179, 189,
190, 195, 197, 198, 210, 214; e-mail
paradigm: 32, 33, 68