The convergence of distance and conventional education : patterns of flexibility for the individual learner / edited by Alan Tait and Roger Mills.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tait Mills Eds Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Tait, Alan.

Mills, Roger, 1941-

Series:

Routledge studies in distance education.

Routledge studies in distance education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Distance education.

Open learning.

Continuing education.

Educational technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume of essays from leading British, North American and Australasian contributors looks at the issues of the convergence of distance and conventional education. The term 'convergence' refers to the breaking down of barriers between open and distance learning and conventional institutions, and the creation of more and more institutions working across a range of modes. Such convergence has been driven by a number of factors, including the new technologies for teaching and learning, the impact of lifelong learning policies, the entry of larger than ever numbers of adult part-time students

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; The convergence of distance and conventional education: patterns of flexibility for the individual learner ALAN TAIT AND ROGER MILLS; The efficacy and ethics of using digital multimedia for educational purposes MARK CHAMBERS; On access: towards opening the lifeworld within adult higher education systems LEE HERMAN AND ALAN MANDELL; Introducing and supporting change towards more flexible teaching approaches SUE JOHNSTON; Becoming flexible: what does it mean? DENISE KIRKPATRICK AND VIKTOR JAKUPEC

Diversity, convergence and the evolution of student support in higher education in the UK ROGER MILLSConvergence of student types: issues for distance education RICK POWELL, SHARON MCGUIRE AND GAIL CRAWFORD; Canaries in the mine? Women's experience and new learning technologies JENNIFER O'ROURKE; A worthwhile education?PAT RICKWOOD IN COLLABORATION WITH VICKI GOODWIN; Notes from the margins: library experiences of postgraduate distance-learning students KATE STEPHENS; The convergence of distance and conventional education: some implications for policy ALAN TAIT

From marginal to mainstream: critical issues in the adoption of information technologies for tertiary teaching and learning DIANE THOMPSONBuilding tools for flexibility: designing interactive multimedia at the Open University of Hong Kong ROSS VERMEER; A case study of convergence between conventional and distance education: using constructivism and postmodernism as a framework to unconverge the mind GILL YOUNG AND DI MARKS-MARAN; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-64943-6

1-134-64942-8

1-280-33448-7

0-203-26023-6

0-203-01686-6

9786610334483

9780203016862

OCLC:

57076672