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Educating by correspondence

Synonyms:
Distance learning
Learning by correspondence
Schooling by radio
Providing online education
Description:

Providing instruction by mail in order to change or reinforce behaviour.

Counter Claim:

Mail order education is difficult because of the need for an existing study discipline or someone to instil this discipline.

Broader:
Educating
Promoting independent learning
Using telecommunications services
Using information technology for education
Narrower:
Developing new distance education
Facilitates:
Promoting home-schooling
Creating appropriate transport systems
Facilitated by:
Providing open universities
Accessing online information
Strengthening effective information exchange
Values:
Learning
Education
Unlearned
Overeducation
Correspondence
Organizations:
African Association for Distance Education
European Association for Distance Learning
ICI University
Commonwealth of Learning
European Association of Users of Satellites in Training and Education Programmes
Multi-Country Posts and Telecommunications Training Centre, Blantyre
Global Telecommunication University
Educom
References:
Holmberg, Borje: Theory and Practice of Distance Education
Subjects:
Transportation, Telecommunications → Radio
Communication → Communication
Education → Education
Education → Distance education
Informatics, Classification → Informatics
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 4: Quality EducationGOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

About UIA

The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a research institute and documentation centre, based in Brussels. It was established in 1907, by Henri la Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1913), and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science.
 

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