The Commonwealth of Learning, in association with the British academic publisher RoutledgeFalmer Press has published the fifth volume in the World review of distance education and open learning book series. Vocational Education and Training through Open and Distance Learning was jointly published in mid-2004 by COL and RoutledgeFalmer Press. It is the fifth volume in the World review of distance education and open learning series. ISBN 0 415 34524 3; paperback, 238 pages; L. Moran and G. Rumble (eds.)
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Volume five:
Vocational Education and Training through Open and Distance Learning
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The world needs workers with more and better skills. Conventional apprenticeships and old methods of professional training are not providing enough skilled workers, so governments, companies and colleges are all using open and distance learning to fill these gaps.
This unique international review of experience looks at the policies needed in both the private and the public sector for effective vocational education and training at all levels, from basic skills to continuing professional education. It goes on to examine the new roles of information and communication technologies, establishing what we know about their performance, and identifying the choices to be made in applying technologies to vocational education and training.
The book will help senior institutional managers and policy makers to understand and appreciate:
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the role distance education can play in increasing skills levels in young people and the existing workforce;
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the potential advantages and disadvantages of using technology, and therefore make better-informed choices about technology use; and
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how to integrate distance education with traditional educational models and approaches.
CONTENTS:
Foreword - Gajaraj Dhanarajan
Chapter 1 - Vocational education across national borders Louise Moran and Greville Rumble
PART I - Vocational education across national boarders
Chapter 2 - The African Virtual University: reaching sub-Saharan Africa Magdallen N. Juma
Chapter 3 - Continuing professional education across borders David Murphy with Arjuna Aluwihare, Patrick Guiton, Andrea Hope and Angela Kwan
Chapter 4 - Transferring competencies across borders Vivien Martin
PART II - National public policy programmes
Chapter 5 - Canadian e-learning policy and vocational education Irene Lewis
Chapter 6 - The Australian Flexible Learning Framework Phoebe Palmieri
Chapter 7 - Distance learning for vocational education and training in the small island states in the Pacific John Bartram, Perive Tanuvasa Lene and Jenny Williams
Chapter 8 - Further education and training in South Africa Ginger Bester
PART III - Institutional models and frameworks
Chapter 9 - Vocational education and training initiatives through open and distance learning in the United Kingdom, 1970-2003 Naomi E. Sargant
Chapter 10 - Taking it to the world: the US private sector model Yoni Ryan
Chapter 11 - Institutional policy for vocational education and training delivery Peter Le Cornu with Deon Van Der Merwe, Dermot Moore, Stephane K. Nduba and Frank Rennie
Chapter 12 - Learning for and in the workplace Margaret Haughey with Abuhena Mohammed Faruque, Donna Hensley and Bernadette Robinson
PART IV - Conclusion
Chapter 13 - Policy frameworks for vocational education and training in an electronic age Greville Rumble and Louis Moran
Volume five editors
Louise Moran is director of an education consulting practice in Australia. Greville Rumble is an independent consultant in the U.K.
