This text summarizes the status of open universities and institutions which offer both on-site and distance learning. It opens with an examination of eight institutions and looks at how they have developed and changed over since 1978. The book then looks at open and distance learning in an exemplary group of countries, including Eastern and Central Europe, India, South Africa, Tanzania and Latin America. Each author of one of these geographically-oriented chapters also takes some account of development in other countries where there is a useful point of comparison.
This text summarizes the status of open universities and institutions which offer both on-site and distance learning. It opens with an examination of ...
Published in association with the Commonwealth of Learning
Open and distance learning has expanded dramatically in recent years across the world, across the spectrum of subject areas, and across educational levels. This book takes a detailed look at the state of the art of open and distance learning in higher education, and presents a fascinating picture of a world and its educational culture in transition. This edited collection contains authoritative analyses of key issues together with current accounts of practice in each region of the world. It includes *open and...
Published in association with the Commonwealth of Learning
Open and distance learning has expanded dramatically in recent years across...
Open and distance learning has been used in many ways in the recent past to provide both primary education and adult education. The Commonwealth of Learning works with governments, schools and universities with the aim of strengthening the capacities of Commonwealth member countries in developing human resources required for their economic and social development. Many existing policy documents link distance education with new information and communication technologies, portraying them as a promising universal access and exponential growth of learning. This book answers the key questions to...
Open and distance learning has been used in many ways in the recent past to provide both primary education and adult education. The Commonwealth of Le...
Despite the dramatic expansion of education over the last 25 years, there are still one hundred million children out of school and a billion adults who had no chance of getting to school and cannot read or write. This means that about one fifth and one sixth of humanity are functionally illiterate. Those without basic education are frequently open to malpractice, exploitation or worse - and the majority live in the rural areas of the Developing World. The problem is clearly huge - and complex. This book explores the alternative routes to basic education for both children and adults. It draws...
Despite the dramatic expansion of education over the last 25 years, there are still one hundred million children out of school and a billion adults wh...
Policy for Open and Distance Learning considers the questions that planners and policy makers in open and distance learning need to address at any level of education. Starting by analysing the range of purposes for which open and distance learning is used, the book places the issues in context and examines experience in both the public and private sector. As well as discussing in detail new agenda set by new information and communication technologies, the book covers: * Inputs * Processes * Outcomes. The editors, Hilary Perraton and Helen Lentell, have drawn...
Policy for Open and Distance Learning considers the questions that planners and policy makers in open and distance learning need to address a...
Policy for Open and Distance Learning considers the questions that planners and policy makers in open and distance learning need to address at any level of education. Starting by analysing the range of purposes for which open and distance learning is used, the book places the issues in context and examines experience in both the public and private sector. As well as discussing in detail new agenda set by new information and communication technologies, the book covers: * Inputs * Processes * Outcomes. The editors, Hilary Perraton and Helen Lentell, have drawn...
Policy for Open and Distance Learning considers the questions that planners and policy makers in open and distance learning need to address a...
This book identifies the major policy issues in the use of open and distance learning for vocational education as these face international, national and institutional policy makers.
This book identifies the major policy issues in the use of open and distance learning for vocational education as these face international, national a...
Adaptability and the ability to handle rapid and ongoing change are essential for successfully managing any modern educational enterprise, and open and distance learning is no exception.
In an often over-looked field, this volume examines the nature of sustainability in open and distance learning using case material from a wide range of current educational contexts worldwide. The books themes include:
reflection and analysis of the management of change
collaboration
staff development
quality assurance and funding in an increasingly...
Adaptability and the ability to handle rapid and ongoing change are essential for successfully managing any modern educational enterprise, and open...
Adaptability and the ability to handle rapid and ongoing change are essential for successfully managing any modern educational enterprise, and open and distance learning is no exception.
In an often over-looked field, this volume examines the nature of sustainability in open and distance learning using case material from a wide range of current educational contexts worldwide. The books themes include:
reflection and analysis of the management of change
collaboration
staff development
quality assurance and funding in an increasingly...
Adaptability and the ability to handle rapid and ongoing change are essential for successfully managing any modern educational enterprise, and open...
