Beyond the Theoretical Impasse: Extending the applications of Transactional Distance Education Theory

dc.creator	Sushita Gokool-Ramdoo
dc.date	2008-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:31:02Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:31:02Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/81eec99e95e340bfa5a5d724c96d8fc0
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/31039
dc.description	The premise of this article is that the Transactional Distance Theory (TDT) should be accepted as a global theory for the further development of distance education. Despite the fact that a transactional approach seems to be consciously or unconsciously adopted by theorists and practitioners alike, the reluctance to recognise it as a global theory has plunged distance education into a theoretical impasse from whence there has not been much development. It is argued that the TDT can have applications along all the supply chain of the distance education enterprise: it can explicate and ensure the sustainability of quality distance education in a technology-driven world, and; encapsulate the national concerns for policy development. TDT is seen as a useful instrument that should effectively inform institutional as well as national development.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/541/1148
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 9, Iss 3 (2008)
dc.subject	Transactional Distance Theory
dc.subject	distance education
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Beyond the Theoretical Impasse: Extending the applications of Transactional Distance Education Theory
dc.type	article