The Commonwealth of Learning, in association with the British academic publisher RoutledgeFalmer Press has launched a World review of distance education and open learning book series. The first title in the series, Higher Education through Open and Distance Learning, was jointly published in March 1999. (Keith Harry, ed.; ISBN: 0-415-19792-9; 328 pages, softcover)
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Volume one:
Higher Education through Open and Distance Learning
How widely is open and distance learning used in higher education?
What are the current trends in open and distance learning?
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Open and distance learning has expanded dramatically in recent years throughout the world, across many subject areas, and at various educational levels. Nevertheless, as observed by the President of The Commonwealth of Learning, Professor Gajaraj Dhanarajan, "...it is amazing how little is known about the nature, practices, successes, failures, relevance and effectiveness of training and education delivered using distance education." (Foreword, p.xiii)
Compelled by the need to bring people from both developed and developing economies to appreciate the impact of distance education and the power of change it represents, this publication aims to make available the wealth of experience in distance education in a readable and usable form to community developers, politicians, policy-makers, international development agencies and non-governmental workers.
This first volume of the series has collected 20 edited articles of authoritative analyses of key issues together with current accounts of practice in higher education in each region of the world. It includes:
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open and distance learning in relation to internationalisation, lifelong learning and flexible learning
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costs of distance education
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the impact of telecommunications
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applications of open and distance learning in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
The book draws together experts in the field from all over the world, and has a truly international perspective on the phenomenon of open and distance learning. Its unparalleled breadth of coverage makes it an indispensable work of reference for experts and newcomers alike.
CONTENTS:
Foreword - Gajaraj Dhanarajan
Part I - Themes
The internationalisation of higher education Denis Blight, Dorothy Davis and Alan Olsen
The impact of telecommunications Robin Mason
Professional reflective practice and lifelong learning Patrick Guiton
Flexible learning and university change Louise Moran and Brittmarie Myringer
The costs of distance education Thomas Hülsmann
Part II - Regions
Africa
Cooperation competition or dominance: a challenge in Southern Africa Tony Dodds, Evelyn Nonyongo and Jenny Glennie
The Open University of Tanzania Geoffrey Mmari
America
The University of the West Indies Ed Brandon
Distance education in Latin America: growth and maturity Fabio Chacón
University distance education in Canada Douglas Shale
Asia
The Bangladesh Open University: mission and promise Greville Rumble
Distance education in China Xingfu Ding
The Open University of Hong Kong David Murphy and Yvonne Fung
Developments, networking and convergence in India Santosh Panda
Contemporary distance education in Taiwan Hung-ju Chung
Europe
Distance education in Central and Eastern Europe Andras Szücs and Janet Jenkins
Western Europe Hans-Peter Baumeister
The European Commission and open and distance learning Corinne Hermant-de-Callataÿ
Oceania
Distance education in Australia Bruce King
The South Pacific: kakai mei tahi Claire Matthewson and Ruby Va'a
Afterword - Open learning and/or distance education: which one for what purpose? John Daniel
Volume one editor
Keith Harry worked for the UK Open University from 1975 to 1997, for many of those years running the International Centre for Distance Learning. Since 1997 he has been an independent consultant for a variety of organisations including UNESCO, the World Bank, the Commonwealth of Learning, the European Training Foundation and the International Research Foundation for Open Learning.
