The King of Thailand started a royal-founded distance education project that used television as a tool of delivering the lesson. For this purpose, a special TV channel was set up. Classes filmed in regular schools were broadcast on this channel, with the teacher delivering the lesson, students asking questions and doing exercises together. Many students from remote areas in northern Thailand (usually from hill tribe families with low income, that could not afford sending their children to school) benefited from this free educational channel. Students were not only offered Thai and Maths lessons, but also foreign language classes (French, English, Chinese, and Japanese). Special testing centers were then set up for students that followed the television delivered lesson and thus eventually given a certification recognized by the Thai Ministry of Education.
This tool of asynchronous interaction may not be very popular in other countries, but in Thailand is the only way for children from remote areas to continue their education. Basically, the royal Thai distance learning project is a variation of lectures delivered via audiotapes and videotapes.
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