Draws together the experiences, insights and findings of some of the world's leading staff developers in open and flexible education. The book is designed to provide an overview of the trends, influences and events which are shaping the work of these professionals and the policy changes, processes and outcomes they are helping to bring about in this expanding field.
Draws together the experiences, insights and findings of some of the world's leading staff developers in open and flexible education. The book is desi...
This text charts how the tools of technology are altering the ways in which education is being delivered and received. It looks at the huge impact of the World Wide Web on current educational practice and what this means for the students and teachers involved. It also covers the other technologies that support the delivery of what is now truly global education. Divided into three sections, the book adopts a systematic and thoroughly researched approach. The three sections examine: how global education is actually delivered in practice; case studies which investigate current developments and...
This text charts how the tools of technology are altering the ways in which education is being delivered and received. It looks at the huge impact of ...
This work should provide valuable insights into the situation of women in distance education around the world. A wide variety of evidence from different countries supports the conclusion that open and distance learning has the potential to provide equal opportunities in higher and continuing education and that these are currently being missed. The author provides evidence that distance education, while involving a degree of risk to the stability of families and relationships, nevertheless offers women a chance which, on balance, is worth taking. The author argues that it is up to distance...
This work should provide valuable insights into the situation of women in distance education around the world. A wide variety of evidence from differe...
This revised and updated edition of Open and Distance Learning in the Developing World sets the expansion of distance education in the context of general educational change and explores its use for basic and non-formal education, schooling, teacher training and higher education.
Engaging with a range of topics, this comprehensive overview includes new material on:
non-formal education: mass-communication approaches to education about HIV/AIDS and recent literacy work in India, South Africa, and Zambia
schooling: new research projects in open...
This revised and updated edition of Open and Distance Learning in the Developing World sets the expansion of distance education in the con...
