1st Edition

Reforming Open and Distance Education Critical Reflections from Practice

Edited By Evans, Terry, Nation, Daryl Copyright 1993

    This volume contains a collection of critical reflections by teachers and administrators in open and distance education. They highlight educational problems and issues of a more general nature caused by the increased use of distance education within conventional higher education institutions.

    Chapter 1 Introduction: reformations in open and distance education, Terry Evans, Daryl Nation; Chapter 2 Open Learning and the Media: transformation of education in times of change, Rob Walker; Chapter 3 Teaching towards Critical Research, Reflection and Practice in Distance Education, Terry Evans, Bruce King, Ted Nunan; Chapter 4 Distance Education at the Margins, David Harris; Chapter 5 Residential Schools in Open and Distance Education: quality time for quality learning?, Alistair Morgan, Mary Thorpe; Chapter 6 Transformative Learning in Reflective Practice, Liz Burge, Margaret Haughey; Chapter 7 Putting the Student First: management for quality in distance education, Roger Mills, Ross Paul; Chapter 8 Reforming a system of distance education, Gavin Moodie, Daryl Nation; Chapter 9 Critical Reflections on Developing an Equal Opportunities Action Plan for Black and Ethnic Minorities, Alan Woodley, Lee Taylor, Bernadette Butcher; Chapter 10 Reflections on Curriculum as Process, Daniel Granger; Chapter 11 Deconstructing Contiguity, Garry Gillard; Chapter 12 Educational Technologies: reforming open and distance education, Terry Evans, Daryl Nation;

    Biography

    Terry Evans, Daryl Nation