Resumen de Guidelines for Internet-Based distance Education in Colleges and Universities in Thailand
In 2003, the Ministry of Education decided to appoint a Committee on Regulating the Guidelines for Internet-Based Distance Education Programs in Colleges and universities to formulate a set of criteria and guidelines for providing the e-learning-based distance education, especially via the Internet. This committee, in 2004, proposed a set of guidelines to ensure the effective provision and expansion of higher education to wider target groups, i.e. students, working adults, and the general public allowing them to get university degrees and certificates via e-learning systems. In this article, the author as the Chairman of the Committee presents the conceptual framework of the guidelines to control the provision of IDE concerning definitions of terms related to distance education and e-learning, philosophy and objective, e-educational system, establishing a center for distance education via the Internet, production of IDE courseware, ICT infrastructure, e-learning evaluation, credit transfers, and educational services and student affairs.
