Many distance education institutions arrange for their students to meet occasionally
in face-to-face sessions in a study center, for both instruction and counseling. In a
dual-mode institution a study center may be one or more rooms in a branch campus, while a
single-mode institution is likely to rent facilities from a conventional institution. A
national retail firm or bank with a corporate training department may make dedicated space
for a study center available at each of its branches. A study center may contain
computers, software, texts, study guides, a library, and hardware for receiving or
recording broadcast programs. Most important, the study center is a place where students
may meet formally, for counseling and tutorials, or informally, for peer support in
self-help groups.
- More on study centers
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- West, P. 1999. The
TELISA initiative. Paper presented at the 1st National NADEOSA Conference
held 11-13 August 1999
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