In the beginning, about 125 years ago, there was the correspondence degree. Correspondence programs, pioneered in higher education by the University of London in the mid-19th century, reached mainstream America in the 1890s. Over the next century, while various universities played with other modalities including radio and television-based distance learning – most notably in the UK, with the Open University – correspondence degrees in the U.S. remained solidly grounded on paper and the U.S. Postal Service.
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Congratulations to The Open University, winners of the ‘Digital Innovation of the Year’ award at last night’s Times Higher Education Leadership & Management Awards 2015. The university won the award for its flagship production portal, which has been designed to make it easier to discover and re-use material, while also simplifying the workflow associated with re-use, such as costings and rights clearances.
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Why does Laurie Taylor think sociology is important? What advice does he have for our students? In this series of videos the Thinking Allowed host answers questions on social sciences.
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