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This text focuses on the convergence of open and distance learning approaches with conventional education, driven to a considerable extent by a range of technologies which support learning and which are being adopted in all sectors. The clear distinctions that existed between ODL and conventional education are now breaking down. Issues arising from the convergence range across access, learning and teaching, management, policy - both institutional and more broadly, technology adoption and evaluation, professional development, costs and economics. This volume provides a range of essays from Australia, the UK, Ireland, New Zealand and Canada which analyse the changes arising from convergence which are seen as having the potential to revolutionise the provision of education over the first 30 years of the 21st century.

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Author:   Roger Mills ,  Alan Tait
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9780415194280

ISBN 10:   0415194288
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   25 February 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. The convergence of distance and conventional education: patterns of flexibility for the individual learner, Alan Tait and Roger Mills; 2. Thoughts on the efficacy and ethics of using multi-media for educational purposes, Mark Chambers; 3. On access: towards opening the lifeworld within adult higher education systems, Lee Herman and Alan Mandell; 4. Introducing and supporting change towards more flexible teaching approaches, Sue Johnston; 5. Becoming flexible: what does it mean? Denise Kirkpatrick and Viktor Jakupec; 6. Diversity, convergence and the evolution of student support in higher education in the UK, Roger Mills; 7. Convergence of student types: issues for distance education, Rick Powell, Sharon McGuire, and Gail Crawford; 8. Canaries in the mine? Women's experience and new learning technologies, Jennifer O'Rourke; 9. A worthwhile education? Pat Rickwood with Vicki Goodwin; 10. Notes from the margins: library experiences of postgraduate distance learning students, Kate Stephens; 11. The convergence of distance and conventional education: some issues of policy, Alan Tait; 12. From marginal to mainstream: critical issues in the adoption of information technologies for tertiary teaching and learning, Diane Thompson; 13. Building tools for flexibility: designing interactive multi-media at the Open University of Hong Kong, Ross Vermeer; 14. A case study of convergence between conventional and distance education: using constructivism and post-modernism as a framework to unconverge the mind, Gill Young and Di Marks-Maran

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