Morgan Luck

Abstract: The principle of equality states that it is bad for some people to be worse off than others. In the context of distance education, this principle is violated on those occasions where on-campus students have access, not only to all the resources available to distance education students, but also to face-to-face tutorials. This is because the distance education students are worse off in terms of the availability of resources. In this article I will determine whether distance students should, in this respect, be worse off than on-campus students. In particular I will focus on whether or not, in certain circumstances, the principle of utility, which states that it is better for people to be better off, takes precedence over the principle of equality.

Key words: dual mode; equality; equity; utility

总结：1、平等原则在某些情况下对于某些人来说是不利的。在远程教育的背景下，这一原则即违背了这一原则，校园内的资源仅适用于面对面的教学，而对于远程教学的学生便无法使用。

2、本文将接受远程教学的学生与在校的学生进行比较，以此分析远程教学的学生是否弊端多于在校学习的学生。

来源：Distance Education

Vol. 30, No. 3, November 2009, 443–446.