TY - JOUR AU - Kirkwood , Adrian AU - Jones , Ann AU - Jelfs , Anne PY - 1969/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Changing the role of tutors in distance education with information and communication technologies JF - Research in Learning Technology JA - Research in Learning Technology VL - 4 IS - 1 SE - Original Research Articles DO - 10.3402/rlt.v4i1.9950 UR - https://journal.alt.ac.uk/index.php/rlt/article/view/805 SP - AB - The Open University (OU) is a large, complex organization offering many types of course to a wide variety of adult learners. At the time of writing (1995), the university has over 200,000 distance learners, of whom more than 100,000 are taking undergraduate courses. The OU offers more than 140 undergraduate courses and many other courses in Health and Social Welfare, Management, Community Education, etc. There are about 7,700 Tuition and Counselling (TAC) staff throughout Europe.DOI:10.1080/0968776960040107 ER -