Ebook - Higher Education Through Open and Distance Learning (1999, Paperback) in DOC
9780415197922 English 0415197929 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 distance learning in relation to internationalisation, lifelong learning and flexible learning *costs of distance education *the impact of telecommunications *applications of open and distance learning in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. It draws together experts in the field from all over the world, and has a truly international perspective on the phenomenon of open and distance learning. Its unparalleled breadth of coverage makes it an indispensable work of reference for experts and newcomers alike., This book explores in detail the options available to potential students wishing to study through distance methods, presenting a fascinating picture of a world's educational culture in transition. It includes reviews of higher education in a range of countries, a study of the impact of the new technologies, an examination of the trend towards lifelong learning, and the uses of distance education by developing economies., This text summarizes the current status in the late 1990s of both open universities and dual mode institutions. It opens with a review of developments over the last 20 years, taking as a starting point the analysis in Rumble and Harry's The Distance Teaching Universities 1988 and examining, in relation to the eight institutions discussed in that volume, how they have developed and changed over that period. The following group of chapters looks at open and distance learning in an exemplary group of countries, ensuring that we have a balance in terms both of geography and of economic development. Each author of one of these geographically oriented chapters also takes some account of development in other countries where there is a point of comparison.
9780415197922 English 0415197929 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 distance learning in relation to internationalisation, lifelong learning and flexible learning *costs of distance education *the impact of telecommunications *applications of open and distance learning in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. It draws together experts in the field from all over the world, and has a truly international perspective on the phenomenon of open and distance learning. Its unparalleled breadth of coverage makes it an indispensable work of reference for experts and newcomers alike., This book explores in detail the options available to potential students wishing to study through distance methods, presenting a fascinating picture of a world's educational culture in transition. It includes reviews of higher education in a range of countries, a study of the impact of the new technologies, an examination of the trend towards lifelong learning, and the uses of distance education by developing economies., This text summarizes the current status in the late 1990s of both open universities and dual mode institutions. It opens with a review of developments over the last 20 years, taking as a starting point the analysis in Rumble and Harry's The Distance Teaching Universities 1988 and examining, in relation to the eight institutions discussed in that volume, how they have developed and changed over that period. The following group of chapters looks at open and distance learning in an exemplary group of countries, ensuring that we have a balance in terms both of geography and of economic development. Each author of one of these geographically oriented chapters also takes some account of development in other countries where there is a point of comparison.