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work_jeepq4hnondsrfkud2zc5a35te	Mark Nichols	Student perceptions of support services and the influence of targeted interventions on retention in distance education	2010	2	.pdf	application/pdf	1050	64	54	Journal of Open, Flexible, and Distance Learning, 16(2) a desire that can be traced back to completion of my MA in Open and Distance Education, challenged on the grounds that students are isolated during their distance study and are less likely 2010) I have demonstrated how distance educators can improve practice by taking a 'spot the an opportunity for improved practice, not the discovery of a ceiling to distance education's It remains my solid conviction that distance education, done well, provides accessible, effective Performance Indicator results published by the Tertiary Education Commission, course completions across all levels of study at Open Polytechnic were at 73%. the efficacy of distance education, and learning about the leaks others have spotted and fixed, The reach of distance education into small This is my last editorial for the Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, and so Distance Education, 31(1), 93–113.	./cache/work_jeepq4hnondsrfkud2zc5a35te.pdf	./txt/work_jeepq4hnondsrfkud2zc5a35te.txt