Innovation in Open and Distance Learning: Successful Development of Online and Web-based Learning

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Fred Lockwood, Anne Gooley
Routledge, Nov 12, 2012 - Education - 238 pages
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.
 

Contents

creating the environment
1
some lessons from experience and research
15
Chapter 3 The influence of teacher beliefs on flexible learning innovation in traditional university settings
27
Chapter 4 Promoting innovation and change in a traditional university setting
38
Chapter 5 Making a virtue of necessity a lowcost comprehensive online teaching and learning environment
51
Chapter 6 Experimenting in Lotus LearningSpace
63
Chapter 7 Generic structures for online teaching and learning
76
Chapter 8 Selecting an integrated electronic learning environment
88
Chapter 12 Student recruitment and retention in a selffinancing university
133
Chapter 13 Using networking tools to support online learning
148
Chapter 14 Mentoring in open and distance learning
160
towards flexible learning learner support and mentoring
172
Chapter 16 Innovations in online assessment
179
costeffective video production to support distance learners
189
Chapter 18 Supporting effective reading of pictorial materials in visually oriented learning environments
201
Chapter 19 Professional development in distance education a successful experiment and future directions
213

a solution for developing online resources?
100
generating new learning opportunities
111
Chapter 11 Campus reengineering
122

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