With this factor in mind, a realistic design was proposed that consisted of establishing a heterogeneous network of local study centres using the internet as a link to a main study centre and a broad bandwidth for speed. It is hoped that costs should be decreasing in the near future due to rapid development of technology in this area, with this in mind a multi-media application has been designed and tested for use with such a network. The main idea was to ensure a high degree of interactivity between students and teachers and to ensure the use of different kinds of information presentation. Stability and ease of use have been established, though the physical restrictions of bandwidths and servers could cause delays when the opportunity of testing the system with a greater number of users demanding access arises. During a round table discussion we considered areas of priority and potential problems involved in the design and delivery of new courses offered on such a system in Romania.
Initiatives are local or individual without always achieving support from the authorities.
Legislation for this type of education has only recently been established. Accreditation of DE activities is currently being developed, so where some regulations are being sought and defined. Methods need to be defined. Choice of initial student target groups needs to be considered as well as choice of media in the delivery of the courses. Most comments supported the former argument on the basis that courses are more likely to succeed if there is a perceived need by the student and if the students are extremely well-motivated.