The questions you address will vary depending on your audience. A. Specific Audiences Much of the literature on any particular topic is written for a specific audience of experts or professionals with a specific background. Most discussions and literature written for experts or professionals in an area occur in scholarly journals. Look at your textbook's description of journals. Not all literature is written for an audience of experts.
Some literature is written for a general audience, with no specific background or expertise.
This kind of information is usually found in newspapers or magazines. You've been asked to focus on one aspect of distance education. For this assignment, you will need to choose which kinds of sources will be most useful. This page last modified 27 February 2001. Top of page.