| Description |
1 online resource (360 pages) |
| Series |
Issues in distance education, 1919-4390 |
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Issues in distance education series.
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| Contents |
Foreword / Frits Pannekoek -- Introduction: Why Look at Flexibility? / Elizabeth Burge -- I. Clarifying the Concept -- Flexibility in the Twenty-First Century: The Challenge of Web 2.0 / Denise Kirkpatrick -- Students' Perceptions: Flexing Pedagogy and Practice / Julie Willems -- Structured Flexible Learning: Making Informed Design Choices / Der-Thanq (Victor) Chen, Rose Liang, and Yu-mei Wang -- II. Identifying Driving and Restraining Forces. Flexible Distance Education for Social Transformation / Milly Daweti and Jean Mitchell -- Politics, Pedagogy, and Productivity as Drivers of Flexible Learning / Cathy Gunn -- Cultural Perceptions of Flexibility in Asian Higher Education / Colin Latchem and Insung Jung -- Openness and Flexibility in New Zealand: Victories and Challenges / Mary Simpson and Bill Anderson -- III. Surviving the Swamps of Everyday Practice. Before the Fall: Breaking Rules and Changing Minds / Darcy W. Hardy -- Implementing an Online System: Voices of Experience / Andrew Higgins and Mark Northover -- Adding Flexibility to Higher Education Using OERs: Lessons from the Open University / Andy Lane -- From "Here" to "There": The Rocky Road to Flexibility / Kay MacKeogh and Seamus Fox -- Where Has the Effort Gone?: The Quest to Sustain Momentum / Darien Rossiter -- An Elephant's Lifetime, the Patience of Job / Yoni Ryan -- The Garden of Learning Delights: The Librarian's Tale / Non Scantlebury and Gill Needham -- Reflecting on Swamp Life / Arthur L. Wilson -- Mapping the Driving and Restraining Forces on Flexibility in Higher Education / Chère Campbell Gibson and Terry Gibson -- IV. Admitting Compromises. The Fog of Flexibility: The Riskiness of Flexible Post-secondary Education in Australia / Terry Evans and Peter Smith -- Flexing Costs and Reflecting on Methods / Greville Rumble -- "Which Is to Be Master"?: Reflections on Ethical Decision Making / Melody M. Thompson and Lorna Kearns -- V. Voicing Contrarian Opinions. The Paradoxes of Flexible Learning / David Harris -- Transformational Technologies: Exploring Myths and Realities / Adrian Kirkwood -- "Plenty of Saps" / Alan Woodley -- What Happens in the Stretch to Flexibility? / Katherine Nicoll -- Conclusion: The Challenge of Weaving Principles with Practice / Elizabeth Burge, Chère Campbell Gibson, and Terry Gibson |
| Summary |
"Flexibility has become a watchword in modern education, but its implementation is by no means a straightforward matter. Flexible Pedagogy, Flexible Practice sheds light on the often taken-for-granted assumptions that inform daily practice and examines the institutional dynamics that help and hinder efforts towards flexibility. The collection is international in scope, drawing on the experience of specialists in distance education from North America, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore, and Japan. Contributors to the volume were asked to reflect candidly and critically on questions that include: * What precisely is flexible learning? * Who or what is driving the flexibility agenda, and for whose benefit? And who or what isresisting it? * What challenges must be overcome in order to achieve flexibility, and what are some of the compromises it can entail?"--Publlisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Issued also in printed form |
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English |
| Subject |
Distance education.
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Open learning.
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Adaptability (Psychology)
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Adaptation, Psychological
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EDUCATION -- Distance Education & Learning.
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Adaptability (Psychology)
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Distance education
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Open learning
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Burge, Elizabeth J, editor
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Gibson, Chère Campbell, 1945- editor.
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Gibson, Terry, editor
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| ISBN |
9781926836218 |
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1926836219 |
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9781926836621 |
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1926836626 |
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1926836200 |
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9781926836201 |
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1283406721 |
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9781283406727 |
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9786613406729 |
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6613406724 |
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