Category Features Print & post Description Radio Description

learners should
learners can use it with no listen to the
Synnchronous 0 3
dependency with anybody program at a
Time of interaction
specific time.
learners use printed materials on
Asynchronous 3 0
their own time

learners can not

interact with other
learners do not know others
Student-student 0 0 learners since radio
registered in same course
target world wide
population

Actually, radio
broadcasting does
not suppors
Type of interaction learners can contact the teacher student teacher
Student-teacher 2 1
via phone, e-mail, post mail interaction but
students can
contact instructors
via post or e-mail

contents are avilable for learners

Student-content 3 any time, any where and can 0
learn in their own pace
there is no any electronic device
Student-machine 0 0
to deal with
 radio is not
Group -based 1 0 suitable for group-
based learning
learners can listen
Learning Style to the program
learners are seperated from each
individually
Self-baseed learning 3 other and everybody learns 3
because radio lakes
individualy in his/her own base.
for social
interaction
learners should
listen to the
Anytime 3 1
program at a
specific time.
radio is accessible
anywhere.
learning materials are avilable for
Howewver, it
Anyplace 3 learners anytime, any where and 2
Flexibility might be affected
they have full access for these
by the transmision
materials
signal.
It is accessible at
schools,homes and
Ease of access/ use 3 3 it requires only
radio reciever to
work.
It takes a long time to design and it takes time to
Development 2 construct a printed based 2 develop radio
materials programs.
feedback require a
feedback require a long time to be
Feddback 1 1 long time to be
Speed sent.
sent.
 Speed

Post mail takes a long time to

deliver the mail to the user easy to deliver
Delivery 1 3
especially if it is from a far radio programs
distance.
it is not a stand a
lone medium and
Stand-alone meduim 3 No need for any supported media 1 it requirs other
Instruction materials like
printed materials.
Multimedia Support 0 0
Low Cost
Total Total basic 28 20
% 58% 42%

* Using 4 point scale 0-3

Print & Post Technologu Vs. Radio Technology

Column C 58.33%

Column C
Column E

Column E 41.67%
 Column E

Column E 41.67%

* Resources used:
Allaa Sadick.(2008)."A theory of development and evaluation of distance education technologies". Available at: http://www.scribd.com/doc/7699558/A-theory-of-develop
technologies
Potashnic & Capper.(1998)."Distance Education: Growth and Diversity" . AVailable at http://www.worldbank.org/fandd/english/pdfs/0398/0110398.pdf
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