Quality control in distance learning

Abstract

Distance teaching universities vary considerably in their characteristics, but share a common concern in the need to ensure the quality of their products. At Everyman's University in Israel, the scarcity of full‐time internal staff and the heavy reliance on outside contributors has prompted the development of quality control mechanisms rather different from, for example, those employed by the British Open University. This paper, by Sarah Guri, the Co‐ordinator of Education Studies at Everyman's University, discusses the merits and problems of their approach.