为了能迅速而经济地扩展专上教育学额,香港政府于1988年开始筹办第一所以遥距教学法提供专上教育的学府.这便是于翌年成立的香港公开进修学院.学院并无入学学历限制,只要是年满十八岁的香港居民便可报名入读.香港公开进修学院使用遥距教学法,其特色是使用多种不同的教学媒介来授课,在不同的学术范围内发挥不同媒介的独特教学优点,帮助学生提高学习能力和兴趣.现今学院使用的教学媒介包括印刷品,录音带,录影带,电脑磁碟,电话辅导和电视广播等. In order to expand tertiary education places quickly and economically, the Hong Kong Government started preparations for the first university to provide post-secondary education with tertiary education in 1988. This is the Hong Kong Open Learning Institute which was established the following year. Academic qualifications for Hong Kong residents who are over the age of eighteen can be enrolled in. The Hong Kong Institute of Open Education uses distance learning, which features a variety of instructional media to teach and to play different disciplines The media’s unique teaching strengths help students improve their learning abilities and interests, and teaching media used today include print, audiotape, video tapes, computer disks, telephone counseling and television broadcasting.