Conditions for Success and Learning Problems in the Framework of Distance Education Courses

Judgement on distance education courses as means to overcome deficits
in the education system.

Topics: General assessment of education chances in the FRG and the
connection between school education and prospects of advancement;
source used for information about the distance education course; course
length and working hours per learning unit; judgement on the quality of
the workbooks; satisfaction with the course; improvement
recommendations for teaching methods, instructional material and
organization of instruction; judgement on one´s own occupational
situation and the usability of the course knowledge; expectations of
the distance education course; assessment of the support for
performance through seminars, example cases and questionnaire;
judgement on supervision of performance; course result in grades;
reason for participation in distance eucation and if appropriate reason
for discontinuing; position at work.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; school education;
vocational training; occupation; professional position; employment;
income.

Also encoded were: result classifications according to the records of
the distance education institute; type of course participants.