Distance learners occasionally need objects for study or to handle or manipulate.
Course designers will always first try to describe and to illustrate objects, and they may
invite learners to locate and study things they find in their own environments. But
sometimes it will be necessary to assemble and distribute a package of realia. The most
common packages consist of:
- Materials for use in experiments by students of chemistry, physics, biology, and
technology
- Specimens, for example, of rocks for geology students or plants for botanists.
The administrative costs of such packages can be high. They include the costs of
mailing, insuring, and tracking the packages and checking them on their return.
-
-
-
|
