Distance education
Dr. Otto Peters (born May 6, 1926) is the Founding Rector and professor emeritus at the FernUniversität (Distance Teaching University) in Hagen, Germany. He has made contributions to the conceptual development of distance education. His main theory was called "The Industrial Model". In this monograph "Distance education and industrial production: a comparative interpretation in outline" (1967) he described distance education as the most industrialized form of teaching and learning. He incorporated business management terms to show the industrial characteristics of distance education such as division of labour, assembly line, mass production and planning.