The convergence of distance and conventional education :
[Book]
patterns of flexibility for the individual learner /
edited by Alan Tait and Roger Mills.
New York :
Routledge,
1999.
xi, 192 pages ;
25 cm.
Routledge studies in distance education
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The convergence of distance and conventional education: patterns of flexibility for the individual learner / Alan Tait and Roger Mills -- 2. The efficacy and ethics of using digital multimedia for educational purposes / Mark Chambers -- 3. On access: towards opening the lifeworld within adult higher education systems / Lee Herman and Alan Mandell -- 4. Introducing and supporting change towards more flexible teaching approaches / Sue Johnston -- 5. Becoming flexible: what does it mean? / Denise Kirkpatrick and Viktor Jakupec -- 6. Diversity, convergence and the evolution of student support in higher education in the UK / Roger Mills -- 7. Convergence of student types: issues for distance education / Rick Powell, Sharon McGuire and Gail Crawford -- 8. Canaries in the mine? Women's experience and new learning technologies / Jennifer O'Rourke -- 9. A worthwhile education? / Pat Rickwood and Vicki Goodwin -- 10. Notes from the margins: library experiences of postgraduate distance-learning students / Kate Stephens -- 11. The convergence of distance and conventional education: some implications for policy / Alan Tait -- 12. From marginal to mainstream: critical issues in the adoption of information technologies for tertiary teaching and learning / Diane Thompson -- 13. Building tools for flexibility: designing interactive multimedia at the Open University of Hong Kong / Ross Vermeer -- 14. A case study of convergence between conventional and distance education: using constructivism and postmodernism as a framework to unconverge the mind / Gill Young and Di Marks-Maran.
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This book looks at how the learning methods used in open and distance education are uniting with those used in conventional learning. It examines how various technologies have caused the breakdown of the clear distinctions which previously existed.