Exploring Dual and Mixed Mode Provision of Distance Education

ISBN-13: 9781032084374 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 192 str.

Tony John Mays; Folake Ruth Aluko; M. H. a. Combrinck

Opis

This book explores the reasons for the trend towards dual and multi-mode provision of distance education, and the arising issues, opportunities, and challenges related to people, policy, and places of teaching and learning. The chapters in the book were originally published in Distance Education.

Spis treści

Introduction – Deconstructing dual-mode provision in a digital eraTony John Mays, Folake Ruth Aluko and M. H. A. Combrinck1. Opportunities and challenges for campus-based universities in Africa to translate into dual-mode deliveryA. S. Kanwar, A. Carr, K. Ortlieb and R. Mohee2. A trend analysis of opportunities and challenges of open and distance learning provision in dual-mode institutionsBogadi Nage-Sibande and Bantu Lulu Morolong3. Avoiding to fit a square peg into a round hole: a policy framework for operationalising open distance education in dual-mode universitiesMpine Makoe4. Demystifying the process of ODL policy development in a dual-mode context: lessons from ZambiaFrancis Simui, B. Namangala, G. Tambulukani and D. Ndhlovu5. The dual-mode provision: successes and challenges. A case study of Women’s University in Africa (WUA)Leonorah Tendayi Nyaruwata6. To walk invisible: distance students in a dual-mode universityLorraine Delaney and Mark Brown7. Embracing distance education in a blended learning model: challenges and prospectsJill W. Fresen8. Learning design for multiple modes of provision: the Zambian community school teacher development programmeAlan Amory, Maryla Bialobrzeska and Tessa Welch9. Agile administrative choreographies for multimode education at the University of PretoriaTony John Mays and Folake Ruth AlukoReflection – On the margins or at the center? Distance education in higher educationJunhong Xiao

O autorze

Tony John Mays is currently Education Specialist for Open Schooling at the Commonwealth of Learning but was formerly Manager of the Unit for Distance Education at the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Folake Ruth Aluko is a Researcher in the Unit for Distance Education at the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

M. H. A. Combrinck is Head of Department of the Senior and Further Education and Training Phase at the Faculty of Education at Wellington Campus at Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa.