Bücher der Reihe Open & Flexible Learning Series

Offers a comprehensive overview of open, distance learning (ODL) and information and communication technology (ICT) in Asian education and training. This book draws on Asian theory, research and practice to identify the strengths, weaknesses and challenges in various sectors of Asian education and training.

The challenge of managing education effectively is formidable. Written by two education managers, this text focuses on issues associated with good leadership in training institutions. It is based on their own work and interviews with eminent leaders.

An international overview of the historical developments within distance education which investigates current thinking on the topic. The author examines the different methods of distance learning and teaching in practice, discussing their societal preconditions and consequences.

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A discussion of the increased accessibility to the Internet and how this has lead to a variety of resources being used for learning. Case studies and examples show the benefits of using the Internet as part of resource-based learning.

This text reviews the strategies adopted in a range of behaviourist approaches to the setting and realization of standards - identifying the background from which they emerged and ways in which they might be further developed.

A guide for educators wanting to come to terms with their support role in open and distance learning. Covering all aspects of student support from tuition and counselling through to the broad range of delivery methods available, the book offers

Education for All (EFA) has been a top priority for governments and intergovernmental development agencies. So far the global EFA movement has placed its principal focus on providing quality universal primary education (UPE) for all children by 2015. This book addresses the challenges created by the successes and the failures of the UPE campaign.

Suitable for Higher Education teaching and learning professionals, this title provides an introduction to the field of computer game-based learning.

This ground-breaking book, with contributions from around the world including the UK, US, New Zealand, Canada and India, looks at the key areas of development in this new field, provides best practice examples and inspiring case studies and will

Helps higher education instructors and university managers understand how e-learning relates to, and can be integrated with, other student experiences of learning. This book emphasizes the importance of how students interpret the challenges set before them, along with their conceptions of learning and their approaches to learning.

Aims to define e-learning as a field of research, highlighting the complex issues, activities and tensions that characterize the area. This book examines topics such as access and inclusion; the social-cultural contexts of e-learning; organisational structures, processes and identities; technical aspects of learning research; and, more.

Designed for those developing open or distance learning materials, this guide describes various kinds of projects along with the appropriate tuition methods, assessment procedures and the expected learning outcome. The tutor's role as supervisor is examined, as are grading and assessment methods.

Aims to define e-learning as a field of research, highlighting the complex issues, activities and tensions that characterize the area. This book examines topics such as access and inclusion; the social-cultural contexts of e-learning; organisational structures, processes and identities; technical aspects of learning research; and, more.

Serves as a practical guide to the effective use of video and multimedia in open and distance learning. This illustrated work considers pedagogic design principles, covering: what to teach on video and how to teach it; a framework of pedagogic design principles for video and multimedia; and, practical development advice for interactive multimedia.

This groundbreaking study into the quality of interactivity in online learning covers both theory and the practical implications of all the issues and includes a collection of research and innovative case material drawn from international experts.

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Behind the hype of the "virtual university" lies real change in the way practitioners approach university teaching. This book focuses on the changes to teaching both on and off campus that have either come from, or themselves influenced the development of educational technologies.

This title examines the implications of personal, practical theories of distance learning for both distance learners and those who prepare distance learning materials. Case studies are used to reinforce and illustrate the arguments.

This volume draws together experiences in the application of technology to distributed learning. It offers an appraisal of the strategies and processes for managing change in open and distance learning and presents a progressive vision for all those involved in this widespread discipline.