An Innovative Approach Toward a Comprehensive Distance Education Framework for a Developing Country. Issue 4 (1st October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Aktaruzzaman, Md; Plunkett, Margaret
• Is Part Of: American journal of distance education. Volume 30:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 211
• Page End: 224
• Publication Date: 2016-10-01
• Subjects: Distance education -- United States -- Periodicals; 371.35097
• DOI: 10.1080/08923647.2016.1227098
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0892-3647

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article reports on part of a study conducted to collate the policies and practices of two successful distance education providers of the developed world with those of a provider in Bangladesh in order to inform a culturally appropriate distance education framework for a developing country. This article also describes an innovative theoretical model, Adapting Structuration Theory In Distance Education, conceptualized as part of a broader study, to address the underlying issues and to generate propositions for the framework.