Flexible Higher Education : Reflections from Expert Experience.
Material type: TextPublisher: Buckingham : McGraw-Hill Education, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (192 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780335234851Subject(s): Distance education | Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives | Education, Higher -- Effect of technological innovations on | Open learningGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Flexible Higher Education : Reflections from Expert ExperienceDDC classification: 378 | 378.17 LOC classification: LC5800 -- .B87 2007ebOnline resources: Click to ViewFront Cover -- Half Title -- Imprint page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Autobiography -- Part 1 Introducing the book -- Chapter 1 Breaking new ground -- Part 2 The pioneers reflect -- Chapter 2 Facing challenges: 'no prior experience', quality, and management -- Chapter 3 Guiding their practice: access, respect and responsiveness -- Chapter 4 Managing technology: strategy, strengths and critique -- Chapter 5 Learning from experience: hard-won lessons -- Chapter 6 Looking forward -- Part 3 The commentators meta-reflect -- Chapter 7 From Educating Rita to iPods and beyond -- Chapter 8 Some experiences of a distance educator -- Chapter 9 Passionate pioneers -- Chapter 10 Critical minds for a change -- Chapter 11 On chaos, connection and challenge -- Chapter 12 Resilience, relevance and realism -- Chapter 13 Culture, technology, and making choices -- Part 4 Assessing relevance -- Chapter 14 Continuing construction: where now? -- Part 5 Literature suggestions -- Index -- Back Cover.
Analyzes the work of over forty pioneers who helped drive key late twentieth century changes in access to, and learning in, higher education, via distance education. This book provides key reading for post-secondary educators who are interested in learning and teaching design, technology use, quality assurance, and respect for reflective wisdom.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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