Open learning, distance education

Useful to researchers as well as practitioners looking for guidance on designing automated instruction systems, this book provides a snapshot of the state-of-the-art in this research area.

Useful to researchers as well as practitioners looking for guidance on designing automated instruction systems, this book provides a snapshot of the state-of-the-art in this research area.

This volume is a case study of education reform and innovation using technology that examines the issue from a wide variety of perspectives.

This volume is a case study of education reform and innovation using technology that examines the issue from a wide variety of perspectives.

This book is an introduction to the issues and practicalities of using multimedia in classrooms - both primary and secondary, and across a range of subject areas.

This book is an introduction to the issues and practicalities of using multimedia in classrooms - both primary and secondary, and across a range of subject areas.

This book is unique in that its stress is not on the mastery of a programming language, but on the importance and value of interactive problem solving.

This book is unique in that its stress is not on the mastery of a programming language, but on the importance and value of interactive problem solving.

Blended learning, which combines the strength of face-to-face and technology-enhanced learning, is increasingly being seen as one of the most important vehicles for education reform today.

Blended learning, which combines the strength of face-to-face and technology-enhanced learning, is increasingly being seen as one of the most important vehicles for education reform today.

In today's information society, to make a real and lasting impact on human welfare takes applications of information technology aimed at enhancing access to all.

In today's information society, to make a real and lasting impact on human welfare takes applications of information technology aimed at enhancing access to all.

As institutions and organisations around the world move to more open and flexible delivery of educational and training programmes, there is increasing need for effective forms of staff development to encourage and support change.

As institutions and organisations around the world move to more open and flexible delivery of educational and training programmes, there is increasing need for effective forms of staff development to encourage and support change.

An Education in Facebook?

An Education in Facebook?

This highly topical book charts how the tools of technology are altering the ways in which education is being delivered and received.

This highly topical book charts how the tools of technology are altering the ways in which education is being delivered and received.

Published in association with the Commonwealth of LearningOpen and distance learning has expanded dramatically in recent years across the world, across the spectrum of subject areas, and across educational levels.

Published in association with the Commonwealth of LearningOpen and distance learning has expanded dramatically in recent years across the world, across the spectrum of subject areas, and across educational levels.

Distrusting Educational Technology critically explores the optimistic consensus that has arisen around the use of digital technology in education.

Distrusting Educational Technology critically explores the optimistic consensus that has arisen around the use of digital technology in education.

This collection of first-hand accounts from experienced and accomplished learning technology practitioners highlights issues in using learning technologies for flexible, distance and open learning.

This collection of first-hand accounts from experienced and accomplished learning technology practitioners highlights issues in using learning technologies for flexible, distance and open learning.

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.

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.

Despite the massive potential of distance learning on the internet, the field of distance training is little known or understood.

Despite the massive potential of distance learning on the internet, the field of distance training is little known or understood.

This book is aimed at those who are considering, or just starting to plan open and distance learning courses.

This book is aimed at those who are considering, or just starting to plan open and distance learning courses.

Open and distance learning has been used in many ways in the recent past to provide both primary education and adult education.

Open and distance learning has been used in many ways in the recent past to provide both primary education and adult education.

The internet is changing the way we live and education has always played an important part in shaping our lives.

The internet is changing the way we live and education has always played an important part in shaping our lives.

This Open University Reader examines the practices of learning and teaching which have been developed to support lifelong learning, and the understanding and assumptions which underpin them.

This Open University Reader examines the practices of learning and teaching which have been developed to support lifelong learning, and the understanding and assumptions which underpin them.

This Reader examines the ways in which learning is organized in a diverse range of lifelong learning environments.

This Reader examines the ways in which learning is organized in a diverse range of lifelong learning environments.

This volume of the Open University Reader for Supporting Lifelong Learning looks at policy development in lifelong learning at local, regional, national and supra-national levels.

This volume of the Open University Reader for Supporting Lifelong Learning looks at policy development in lifelong learning at local, regional, national and supra-national levels.

This book responds to an ever-increasing call from educators, policy makers, journalists, parents and the public at large for analysis that cuts through the hype surrounding the information revolution to address key issues associated with new media in higher education and learning.

This book responds to an ever-increasing call from educators, policy makers, journalists, parents and the public at large for analysis that cuts through the hype surrounding the information revolution to address key issues associated with new media in higher education and learning.

With Internet access for every school now a reality, teachers are beginning to explore the use of the Internet in the education of children with special needs.

With Internet access for every school now a reality, teachers are beginning to explore the use of the Internet in the education of children with special needs.

Award-winning in its first edition, this book is an essential guide to the use of technology in flexible and distance learning, weighing up the pros and cons of different media.

Award-winning in its first edition, this book is an essential guide to the use of technology in flexible and distance learning, weighing up the pros and cons of different media.

This book is about the shift from the modern university of the nation state to the global virtual university of the future.

This book is about the shift from the modern university of the nation state to the global virtual university of the future.

The rapid development and integration of computer-assisted assessment (CAA) in mainstream post-compulsory educational institutions today make this an exciting and invaluable reference text.

The rapid development and integration of computer-assisted assessment (CAA) in mainstream post-compulsory educational institutions today make this an exciting and invaluable reference text.