The Preparation of an Educational medium and the Assurance of its Quality

Abstract

As the concept of open education and distance learning is becoming more

and more popular, the need for preparing appropriate and effective media is

becoming more and more urgent, for the two cannot be separated from each

other.

This paper will shed light on the importance of educational media in the

distance learning process. It will tackle the different phases the educational

media has come through during the last twenty years, comparing each phase

features. It will also set several considerations for choosing the appropriate

medium for the educational material mentioning the different forms the medium

could have.

The preparation for the educational medium goes through three stages. In

these stages the quality and efficiency of the medium should be taken into

consideration, so that the student will get the ultimate benefit of it. Al Quds

Open University has its own experience in this field since it was first

established.

This paper will tackle all these issues ending with a proposal for organizing

the distribution of Al Quds Open University educational media.