id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_zcpbggzc2vgaxej6ujrailpnxa Bill Gerrard Provision of Distance Education within the HE Sector 2002 10 .pdf application/pdf 6365 377 57 strathprints.strath.ac.uk/) and the content of this paper for research or study, educational, or survey of the way in which UK higher education institutions (HEIs) are implement any meaningful academic staff training for the new role of DE academic staff training required if DE courses are to become truly core Keywords: distance education; staff development; e-tutoring; courses on a distance learning basis. teach, only to facilitate students' learning. distance learning is viewed as a technological process, is not technology that teaches students, but teachers. important role to play in learning and teaching, and if in university teaching, each institution needs to develop teaching staff receive the necessary training and support had received any training for their new role of online teacher and student in distance education courses. staff will need training to facilitate learning through � for most lecturing staff, distance learning work is teachers to teach online', paper presented at the 15th ./cache/work_zcpbggzc2vgaxej6ujrailpnxa.pdf ./txt/work_zcpbggzc2vgaxej6ujrailpnxa.txt