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　　STRATEGIES FOR WEB BASED INSTRUCTION IN DISTANCE EDUCATION （上）论文 .freel its humble beginnings in correspondence courses to an era ented first by radio; later by television, and more recently by the Inter and the anaging Learner Centredness: The role of effective student support in ODL” presented at the recently concluded Asian Regional Conference of The ICDE ( Nov. 2000) observed that “ one of the hallmarks of distance education and indeed ade it superior to face- to- face education is the emphasis placed on making instructional design and development an integrated aspect of ODL”. He laments the fact that odern technologies and the any people erroneously think that the design of instruction does not matter as long as there is the medium to convey the facts that of education, the aim of education is not just to convey facts but to convey knoade in the ODL system to make students “Learn ho refers to the analysis of 25 years research in ODL done by Clark ( 1983) and quotes Clark’s opinion that the primary active ingredient in studies in instructional methods edia employed by course designers and instructors. At OUHK, this is just as true today as Clark found it in 1983. “ The premise for this is that ust integrate three crucial elements- epistemology, pedagogical strategies suitable for the ent- to create a neodel ( Jegede 1999)” Prof. Tam emphasises that for effective student support to be provided, ODL must continue to use the design principles that are appropriate especially to distance learners. “ Additional to instructional design is the need to provide a prehensive tutorial support. Prof. Otto Peters in his paper titled “ The Flexible and Virtual University: Pedagogical Models” presented at the Asian Regional Conference of the ICDE in November 2000 observes as under in respect of pedagogical goals:- “Theemergence of quite a number of different forms of based learning and the use of the digitised learning environment has caused educators to revive and to appl