ABSTRACT
In this chapter, some essential elements of the pedagogics of distance education will be outlined and integrated into the discussion, and to do this five specific factors of distance education will be stressed that make it stand out against other forms of uni versity teaching. These five factors are: the special combination of some conventional
forms of learning and teaching; the special use of technical media; one special structural handicap; the special type of student encountered in distance learning; and, finally, the special^orms of structuralization. The reader will be introduced to fundamental teach ing problems that are found only in distance education. The purpose of this chapter is to show clearly the relevant consequences of the special factors described.
